The previous post on health care had some confusing and contradictory statistics. Without getting in to details of those, one can say that there is enough evidence (anectodal or otherwise) to show that the number of immigrants without insurance is not insubstantial. And yet its a moot point to say how much of that contributes to the lack of “affordable health care” in the U.S. In other words, there are many more factors that contribute to the health care problem than immigration alone.
As an aside, in my opinion, immigrants shoud not expect the host country to bear the burden of subsidizing or providing free health care. Any such expectation is sure to muddle the issue of how much they are part of the health care problem.
Just now realized that the term “affordable health care” is such a loaded one that its sure to open more cans of worms!
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Hi, I would like to request a live commentary about this on one of our radio shows. We are a talk radio station in New Orleans focussed primarily on local and state politics and recovery issues. We are very interested in exploring immigration and healthcare topics, and discuss both of these fairly often on our shows. We also having a growing Hispanic population post-Katrina so your information is particularly pertinent to us. Could someone please contact me at amykirk@clearchannel.com to schedule an interview about this and your recent exploration of stats relating to Hispanics, healthcare, and immigration reform? Thanks!