Joe Wilson Voted To Provide Taxpayer Money For Illegal Immigrants' Healthcare

[Truth2Tell]

Via HuffPo

Open Congress:

On Wednesday night, Rep. Joe Wilson , shouted "You lie!" at President Obama when he said that the healthcare bill would not cover illegal immigrants. "The supporters of the government takeover of healthcare and liberals who want to give healthcare to illegals are using my opposition as an excuse to distract from the critical questions being raised about this poorly conceived plan," Wilson said the next day in a campaign fundraising video.

However, in 2003, Wilson voted to provide federal funds for illegal immigrants' healthcare. The vote came on the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, which contained Sec. 1011 authorizing $250 million annually between 2003 and 2008 for government reimbursements to hospitals who provide treatment for uninsured illegal immigrants. The program has been extended through 2009 and there is currently a bipartisan bill in Congress to make it permanent.

http://www.opencongress.org/articles/view/1219-Joe-Wilson-Voted-to-Provide-Taxpayer-Money-for-Illegal-Immigrants-Healthcare">Read the whole story: Open Congress

[Deja Q]

1. HuffPiece had a Po on that a couple of weeks ago...

Joe the Ho can bugger off.

[Fridays Child]

2. I will kick and recommend this news every single time I see it posted!

:kick:

[nannah]

3. yes, quite an irony

under bush, illegal aliens gained access to health care that is not available to tax paying citizens. that is certainly worth talking about and grossly unfair by any standard. I know this because i work in a program that provides medical coupons to people.