Gohmert’s HR3478 waiting for CBO score; 35 GOP healthcare plans ignored

Media and Democrats have accused Republicans of not coming up with healthcare reform alternatives, but fact is, the Republican Study Committee has come up with at least 35. National media have failed to address a single one of these proposals and the current partisan imbalance in Congress impedes consideration. One interesting proposal introduced by Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.) in July is HR 3478, the Patient-Controlled Healthcare Protection Act, 2009. The legislation covers reform for Main Street and offers a viable plan for immigrants who figure heavily into the need for healthcare reform.

Gohmert has a plan that migratory workers could also enroll in, and the taxpayer wouldn’t end up paying for it. [Article continues after photo below.]

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.) talks with Fox News’ Neal Cavuto (left) about healthcare reform.

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The healthcare tab our president and Congress refuse to admit

[Graphic by Kay B. Day copyright/2009]As the federal government urges the socialized medicine door open a little further, the president, Congress and advocacy groups are not talking about one healthcare tab that may continue to climb. Immigrants, both documented and undocumented, need medical care when they're in the US.

With the debate about the uninsured, it’s time to pay attention to a statement from an expert who called it like it is for USA Today in January: “Steven Camarota of the conservative Center for Immigration Studies says offering non-emergency Medicaid to illegal immigrants would be more expensive than leaving them uninsured and in need of occasional hospital care. In those cases, hospitals lose money, and taxpayers pick up the tab…‘Either you enforce the law and don't have so many illegals, or you shut up about the cost,’ he says. “

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