Solution to the illegal alien problem in health care…

icon_idea_lightbulb.jpgOne of the chief complaints of the bitter masses about health care is that it will insure illegal aliens with the American taxpayers paying the bill.

Well, illegal aliens, just like most uninsured Americans, go to the ER when they get sick, or want to have an anchor baby. This is a huge problem for hospitals, who then turn to the Federal and State Governments to make up the difference.

So, how do we pay for those who we currently pay for, will have to continue to pay for, and don’t want to pay for?

Easy, keep paying for them, keep track of it, and then charge their home governments for it.

Two ways to get that money without sending them a bill:

The United States collects taxes on behalf of foreign governments already (and allows a set-off against our taxes for taxes collected abroad) for all kinds of things, property, income taxes, etc. Just add an additional offset to cover the price of medical care used by their citizens while they are here.

Second: Tariffs. Goods that come into this country are taxed, either at the Most Favored Nation rate, or some country specific rate. Simply make the next year’s tariff rate inclusive of the previous year’s hospital bill. They are more than welcome to bill us for Americans who slip and fall on Macchu Pichu.

This would solve the how to pay for illegal aliens problem, give the countries who are leaving an incentive to cut down on illegal border crossings, and protect American industry by making it slightly more expensive to import goods into the country.

You are welcome Obama, use it wisely.


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4 responses to “Solution to the illegal alien problem in health care…”

  1. Jen B. Avatar
    Jen B.

    “I would think many of them have obtained fake documents, including social security numbers..”

    Yeah, about those social security numbers. In North Georgia, many of the illegal immigrants are working under actual stolen social security numbers. Yes, they’re paying taxes. But, the person who owns the social security number gets dinged by the IRS come tax season for not paying enough taxes. This is an absolute nightmare to sort out.

  2. Drew Avatar
    Drew

    Of course, none of the health care bills under consideration provide coverage to undocumented immigrants, again proving that the Republican Party is outraged over an outrageous outrage that does not exist.

    Anyhow, given that the sensible solutions are outrageously outrageous, I guess this crazy one is as good as any other.

    JerryT: The government could estimate the cost to cover every undocumented immigrant, then divide it based on the share of the undocumented population that each country contributes. It wouldn’t have to be accurate to the penny, both because the number would be so large and because it would be important only to the extent that it would mollify the wingnuts.

    But they wouldn’t be mollified, because this is more about the wingnut desire to see transgressors suffer than about money.

  3. Zaid Avatar
    Zaid

    “Easy, keep paying for them, keep track of it, and then charge their home governments for it.”

    Did this blog get taken over for Free Republic?

  4. JerryT Avatar
    JerryT

    Coupla things: We would have to figure out how to determine their nationality. Not easy with an undocumented person.

    Secondly, I think the vast majority of these people are here to work. I would think many of them have obtained fake documents, including social security numbers, so they can work. This means they are paying taxes with no real hope of ever getting to use many of the services the rest of us taxpayers expect. So I don’t think we’re paying for their health care anyway.

    The only ones not paying would be the guys hanging around outside the Home Depot trying to pick up a days work for cash. The guys in the pickup trucks hiring them should be very careful though… what happens if their hired help gets hurt on the job?

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