Forget illegal immigration, it’s all immigrants who are helping to drive up the cost of health insurance:
- More than one-quarter of the uninsured population is foreign-born.
- More than half of all foreign-born people are uninsured.
- Immigrants accounted for more than 80% of the increase in the uninsured population in the Bush years.
If the U.S. had received less immigration over the past two decades – or if that immigration had been more highly skilled and better qualified – than today’s healthcare problem would be smaller, easier, and cheaper to solve.
Thanks again to Ted Kennedy.