Indeed, the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service study found that the House health care bill does not restrict illegal immigrants from receiving health care coverage.

House Republican Minority Leader John Boehner amplified the complaint that without proof of citizenship, illegal immigrants could be insured.

“There were two opportunities for House Democrats to make clear that illegal immigrants wouldn’t be covered by putting in requirements to show citizenships,” he said. “Both of those amendments were, in fact, rejected.”

In the Senate, Democrats in the so called “Gang of Six,” a group of bipartisan senators on the Senate Finance Committee which is the last panel yet to release its bill, began moving quickly to close the loophole that Wilson helped bring greater attention to.

“We absolutely assure that those who are here illegally would not get the benefit of any of these initiatives,” Sen. Kent Conrad said.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/10/rep-wilson-outburst-leads-senate-dems-close-loophole-health-reform/

So, even though is method was not “cooth”.. Shouldn’t we ALL be thankful for Joe bringing attention to the Democrats “unintentional” (ahem ahem) loophole ?

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http://www.forbes.com/2007/11/08/obesity-health-economics-biz-health-cx_mh_1108obesity.html

A report by the Trust for America’s Health finds there is a growing problem with obesity, particularly in the South. The report also finds that “Eight of the 10 states with the highest rates of overweight children were in the South. You can see the data in the link below:

http://www.southernstudies.org/2007/08/obesity-huge-problem-in-south.html

This means that those who choose a healthy lifestyle will have to foot the medical bills of Southerners who choose to be gluttons! I thought that gluttony was a sin!

This is an outrage!
Edit: I think some people didn’t read this very closely.
Edit 2: While gluttony is not the only cause of obesity it is certainly the main cause. See here:

http://www.theyesword.com/main_causes_of_obesity_in_america.htm

Edit 3: What you say about smoking is interesting. I found data showing which states have the highest percentage of smokers. The results are similar to the obesity data. you can see it here:

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/589630

edit 4: Big Daddy, I can find no study to support your argument that Chicago or even Illinois has a high percentage of obesity.

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If this is just a glimpse of a COMPETITIVE government public OPTION, then what will be the competition be?
Ok, donovan, so you are saying that all of a sudden obama and company have finally come up with a way to create a system that is even larger than medicare and medicaid and this one will stop fraud and cost Americans even less money? Let me know when it something starts to stink to you.

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“WASHINGTON — The raucous protests at congressional town hall meetings have succeeded in fueling opposition to proposed health care bills among some Americans, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds — particularly the independents who tend to be at the center of political debates.
In a survey of 1,000 adults taken Tuesday, 34% say the sometimes heated protests at sessions held by members of Congress have made them more sympathetic to the protesters’ views; 21% say they are less sympathetic.

Independents by 2-1, 35%-16%, say they are more sympathetic to the protesters now.

The findings are bad news for President Obama and Democratic congressional leaders, who have scrambled to respond to town halls marked by aggressive questions and noisy demonstrations by those opposed to plans to overhaul the health care system.

• A 57% majority of those surveyed, including 6 in 10 independents, say a major factor behind the protests are concerns that average citizens had well before the meetings took place; 48% say efforts by activists to create organized opposition to the health care bills are a major factor.

• There’s some tolerance for noisy disputes at town hall meetings. By 51%-41%, those surveyed say individuals making “angry attacks” on a health care bill reflected “democracy in action” rather than “abuse of democracy.” However, by 59%-33% they say “shouting down supporters” of a health care bill was an abuse of democracy.

On that question, unlike most of the others, there isn’t much of a partisan divide: 69% of Democrats and 58% of Republicans agree.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-08-12-poll-12_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/08/12/2029224.aspx

Quirk, but there were very few actual instances of that.

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“We have the AARP on board because they know this is a good deal for our seniors,” the president said.

The country’s largest advocacy group for Americans over 50 issued a statement after the event saying, “While the President was correct that AARP will not endorse a health care reform bill that would reduce Medicare benefits, indications that we have endorsed any of the major health care reform bills currently under consideration in Congress are inaccurate.”

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/08/president-obamas-senior-moment.html

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