Colorado’s working families struggling to cover their health insurance costs will be interested to learn the tax dollars docked from their paychecks will also go towards Medicaid for illegal migrants beginning in January.
We feel better al — cough cough cough — ready.
CBS4 Denver news reports that no matter the immigration status, the state Medicaid program called “Cover all Coloradans” will cover prenatal and postpartum care for mom, and for their kids to get mental health care, dental and vision coverage as well.
From the report:
Organizations serving immigrants are working to enroll families now, and to battle fears some may have about divulging information to the government.
Coloradans aren’t heartless by any means and would never push a mother who can’t afford to have a larger family into an abortion to reduce human-generated global carbon emissions. Okay, some would.
But the point is, Colorado is facing a billion-dollar shortfall next year and Polis is already threatening to cut $700 million from the budget affecting those of us who already are U.S. citizens.
.@GovofCO cuts pediatric behavioral therapy rates, funding for CO kids with autism to fund undocumented immigrants.
Outrageous!
The Ex Dir of Healthcare, Policy &Finance needs to be held accountable #coleg #copolitics https://t.co/iumjsLFRUe
— Barbara Kirkmeyer (@COSenKirkmeyer) December 8, 2024
Colorado just can’t afford to pay for the health needs of those who would pay smugglers thousands of dollars to get into the country illegally and bypass the immigration system to gain citizenship rights for their children.
GOP state Rep. Matt Soper opposed the Medicaid expansion to migrants that was passed by the Democrat-controlled state legislature.
“We as Coloradans and lawmakers are going to have to deal with how we pay for this. The cost is going to be fourfold what we anticipated two years ago,” said Representative Soper.
“Our lower income individuals who are on Medicaid who might see access to healthcare cut,” added Soper, “We shouldn’t be giving programs and services to undocumented immigrants that we aren’t giving to citizens who are within Colorado.”
Instead of the $34 million projected cost to cover 3,700 people when it passed, there are already more than 15,000 expected to sign up for the services at a cost of $51 million to taxpayers.
Meanwhile, incoming President Trump says it’s time to end the practice of so-called birthright citizenship.
President Trump promises to end birthright citizenship on Day One, calls it “ridiculous.”
He’s right. The 14th Amendment was written to make citizens out of former slaves, not illegals, and has never been challenged at SCOTUS. End it, Mr. President. pic.twitter.com/7jrzVlxZTI
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) December 8, 2024
The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868 after the Civil War to protect freed slaves and grant them citizenship.
It was never intended to encourage illegal immigration or as a vehicle to grow government through welfare expansion.
And yet here we are.