Senator says health insurance plan won’t cover illegal immigrants

author Published by Chris Chmielenski

Health care reforms that aim to insure every American won’t provide insurance for illegal immigrants and may not address the cost to state and local governments for providing medical care to this large group of the uninsured, Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus, D-Mt., said Thursday.

“We’re not going to cover undocumented aliens, undocumented workers,” Baucus said. “That’s too politically explosive.”http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/0522DNBUShealthcare.25377b8.htmlBy Jim Landers — Dallas Morning News

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