The Pursuit of Control

Lets preface this post. I think everyone agrees that turning someone away at an emergency room based on legal status is cruel and inhumane.

Now that I’ve made that clear, how can the government possibly consider an enormous overhaul of the healthcare system without first taking care of the issues we have with illegal immigration?

In the house version of the healthcare bill it stipulates that illegal immigrants aren’t eligible to receive benefits, but it also states that there will be no enforcement mechanism to ensure the services aren’t provided to those not entitled to them.

Someone in Washington needs to act responsibly in realizing that if we are to really lower healthcare costs we need to eliminate the trips to the emergency room that are never paid for. It isn’t difficult to figure out why costs have risen so dramatically.

The way to solve the problem is simple, secure the borders, then address those that are already here (pick your poison, there isn’t an easy option when it comes to those already here illegally).  It isn’t a question of whether or not we can secure the borders, we can.  The question is whether or not our politicians will make the tough decisions necessary to secure the borders.  This isn’t about big business wanting cheap labor, it isn’t about ultra-liberal hacks wanting open borders so that illegal aliens can be given everything for free in a shameless way to hopefully gain more voters when amnesty is awarded and it isn’t about right-wing extremists establishing a military state where guns rule and illegals drool.  This is about the greatest good for the greatest number of American citizens, it is about protecting the citizens, both physically and financially and it is about being able to run a sound, balanced government so that those that obey the laws of the land are given every opportunity to work hard and succeed.

Whether you support healthcare reform or not, pursuing drastic changes in the system without securing our borders is irresponsible and it is being overlooked, which is most likely the intention of those in power.