Health Insurance

Health care reform is something that has been a hot topic in congress. Democrats typically perceive health care as a more social kind of platform that should be provided to people by the government. Whereas, Republicans primarily believe that individuals and companies should be responsible for health care. With all of the debate surrounding health care, where do immigrants stand?

Illegal immigrants are not legally allowed to purchase health insurance but their children who were born in the United States have access to government health care programs such as Medicaid, but it typically takes up to 5 years to even qualify for Medicaid.

Health care reform will allow illegal immigrants to obtain legal status at a faster rate which will allow them to pay taxes and contribute to organizations such as Medicaid and Medicare.

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