Yeah, vote against the final bill and see how well the immigration reform bill goes for you.

for the record, Illegal immigrants have always been banned from receiving subsidies. What conservative dems now want is to ban illegal immigrants from being able to buy any insurance, with their own money, from the exchange. So that's what, around 11 million people who will continue to use the emergency rooms, and govt clinics?

Also, conservative dems are worried about abortions, and the public option.

Who needs republicans? This is all the work of democrats.

There are extremely solid public policy reasons for allowing illegal immigrants to purchase health insurance through the Exchange.

The success of the Exchange (or virtually any other approach to expanding insurance coverage) depends on the largest possible number of people buying into the plans, thereby spreading the risk among the maximum number of rate payers - thus helping lower premiums for everyone.

It is especially important that younger, healthier people buy into the insurance pool. That's why the policy consensus has emerged that an individual mandate is probably essential to making the plan work. The reality is that most undocumented workers tend to be younger and healthier - the exact group we need to lure into the health insurance market.

Their premiums would help underwrite coverage for everyone in the country. (And, at least under the House bill, they could buy in themselves but are totally ineligible for any subsidy -- joining the many working Americans or businesses who could buy unsubsidized coverage through the Exchange.)

If illegal immigrants are not allowed to purchase health insurance, they will instead continue to rely on emergency rooms and public clinics for health care, often delaying treatments until a condition has become acute, avoiding preventive care, and potentially allowing infectious diseases to go uncontrolled-- costing taxpayers even more money and potentially endangering public health.

So the political expediency of attacking immigrants would result in higher premiums and higher taxes for the rest of the population - not exactly the outcome our elected officials should be working toward.

WITHOUT ANY FEAR OF CONTRADICTION THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE STOPPED. Very few politicians have tried to halt the occupancy by foreign invaders to our country? This is why the E-Verify mechanism was never mandated, owing to the fact that Americans are last to be a priority, specially the 15.3 million jobless workers. Already Hispanic Caucuses have confronted President Obama at the White House, with the chair of the House Rules Committee indicating they are giving the Caucuses what they have adamantly demanded. Rep. Louise Slaughter D-N.Y indicated that the House will have to vote on a bill that allows illegal aliens to use the new health care "exchange". A loophole that does not require verification to keep illegal aliens out of the other parts of the proposed new federal health care system. Please call all Democratic House Members and urge them to vote against the rule that provides a weak verification mechanism that still allows illegal aliens to purchase insurance from the health care exchange. WE MUST JAM THE SWITCHBOARDS IN WASHINGTON, PUSHING OUR OWN DEMANDS at 202-224-3121 that bars illegal aliens from the health care insurance "exchange" YOUR VOICE IS MAKING AN IMMENSE DIFFERENCE TO HOW THE POLITICIANS VOTE?

Other pieces of information contributing to the dilemma of US legal population: Senate Census allows to Count Illegal Aliens for Congressional Districting . CBO Says New Health Care Bill Would Cover 2.5 Million More Illegal Aliens. Reid Kills E-Verify Amendment to Unemployment extension Bill. Pro-Enforcement Candidates win in Virginia and New Jersey. 68% of Americans Oppose Sanctuary Cities

You can learn about the corruption and incompetence of lawmakers at NUMBERSUSA. Court cases, political sleaze and immigration non-enforcement at JUDICIAL WATCH. How population growth will effect future generations at CAPSWEB. NO BLANKET AMNESTY!