A lot of migration to the US, through every visa system, is actually economic migration from poor countries. Often times immigrants will eventually bring in their entire extended families from these poor countries, often including retired parents and such, folks who end up getting free healthcare here when they themselves never paid any US taxes. Medicare costs $915/month to the taxpayer for every enrollee, and generally takes 35 years of premiums to generate the capital to provide retirees with that level of benefit over a typical lifespan. Plus often you get one immigrant who brings in FOUR parents, including the parents of their non working spouse. So then the have one workers tax being cashed out as healthcare for five people. So it can end up being a huge burden on the healthcare system here. I don't want to stop people bringing over their family if they want to, but it does seem to me we should look the free healthcare. You should personally have had to work in the US for at least ten years to get any kind of social security, medicare, or Medicaid in my opinion. Maybe even longer than ten years.
No.
I don't think the parents deserve it AT ALL. Why would you think that they do? I think they deserve NOTHING from American tax payers.
What? The Americans are AMERICAN. Its a birthright. The immigrant who moves here deserves every penny of benefit they receive, and any child they have here deserve the same. But their parents do not. They are not Americans, nor did they immigrate here and work and pay taxes.
Where do I sign up for this free healthcare?
We can’t keep 18th century laws for the 21st century globalized world. But not really sure what the solution is? You can be nativist but that is xenophobic. Demanding merit based immigration is racist and is so demanding a border wall.
True. Let’s repeal the 2nd Amendment and improve background check process for gun purchases.
There is a proper process for modifying the constitution. As much as I love the 2A, if people want the constitution modified and have the actual votes to do so per the process, be my guest.
At least they are better than the lottery based immigrants who become burden on taxpayer from day one!
Working age immigrants mostly end up working, but sure, I would totally agree to generalize this to denying benefits to any immigrants who didn't have at least ten years of US employment income, regardless what visa they entered on. If they come on the lottery and never work they should not get free healthcare either.
Don't you need a green card to be eligible?
Yeah
Why does this matter when everyone has to go to a pharmacy in Canada anyway to afford prescription drugs.
Just because your healthcare is broken dont blame the immigrants. You know except for emergencies, it's cheaper to fly to a country like India, get treated by the best doctors in top notch facilities and fly back.
I'm fine if you do that. Don't send me the bill.
This is stopping a lot of talented immigrants from coming to us . Many go back during the most productive times of their lives. It's hurting US , you shift families not individuals. I understand us is an individualistic society but most countries where immigrants come from is not. Do you have stats on how much immigrant parents costing your us economy?
Melania, is that you?
Good bucket list item for US immigration .. they’re already messing enough crap already