Subj : Re: Hearings?
To   : Aaron Thomas
From : Alan Ianson
Date : Fri Oct 23 2020 12:30 am

> Canada has the equivalent of "medicare for all," right?

> So what does your federal government do for illegal
> immigrants when it comes to health care?  Do you pay for that with your
> taxes?

Illegal immigrants would not get coverage. They would have to pay out of pocket for their medical expenses. If you were to visit Canada you would also have to pay your own medical bills either through insurance or out of pocket. I never travel to the US without insurance.

> I donate to charity whenever I can, but I'm not comfortable with it becoming
> mandatory to do so - especially when I have other people's medical bills that
>I'd rather be paying for. My dad needs a hearing aid, but nobody has $1000 for
> it. So, instead of buying my dad a hearing aid, I'll buy health care for
> illegal immigrants. If my kids need braces? Well, I'll have to take that into
> consideration after I pay for braces for some illegal kids first.

I guess it's a matter it a matter of prioreties. Those who are wealthy or those with insurance need not worry. What about those who are not wealthy or have insurance, do we just let that go?

>> There just doesn't seem to be any kind of planning in the white house today

> I don't agree with that statement. I see nothing but a stack of completed
> tasks. Maybe not the Green New Deal, or an apology to Iran, but those
> are things we'll leave on the backburner for Democrats to play around with in
> 2024.

The Trump white house has done some things, for sure. There are many things that need doing that he has simply ignored. Coronavirus is one that has been ignored for months now and it seems to be back in a big way just at election time. I don't know if you want a green new deal but some attention and thought should be paid to the science around global warming, at least.

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