Medical help for illegal immigrants could haunt Mitt Romney

[The Northerner]

Reporting from Washington — The Massachusetts healthcare law that then-Gov. Mitt Romney signed in 2006 includes a program known as the Health Safety Net, which allows undocumented immigrants to get needed medical care along with others who lack insurance.

Uninsured, poor immigrants can walk into a health clinic or hospital in the state and get publicly subsidized care at virtually no cost to them, regardless of their immigration status.

The program, widely supported in Massachusetts, drew little attention when Romney signed the trailblazing healthcare law. But now it could prove problematic for the Republican presidential hopeful, who has been attacking Texas Gov. Rick Perry for supporting educational aid for children of undocumented immigrants in Texas.

"We have to turn off the magnet of extraordinary government benefits," Romney said at the recent Fox News-Google debate in Florida.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/health/la-na-romney-healthcare-20111024,0,6849099.story

[treestar]

1. True, can't think the Teabaggers would accept that

Not ever.

[TwilightGardener]

2. No good deed shall go unpunished in GOPerland.

[MADem]

3. AND....his wife gave "agua" to the gardeners, too!

He's toast with those baggers!

They'd probably not care about him strapping an Irish Setter to the roof of his car and driving for 12 hours, but giving an undocumented immigrant a band aid? Heaven forfend!!!

[libodem]

4. Man, that's too bad

It's very humane and the right thing to do. Mighty liberal of him to behave in a Christ like manner. Won't win him any friends in that other camp.

[Riftaxe]

5. While it is uncommon for medical profesionals these days

to look beyond an insurance card. Medical care should not stop at immigration status.