Health Care Reform Immigrants

AP News - 675 days ago
Health Care Reform Immigrants
In this photo taken Thursday, March 25, 2010, Dr. Carlos Ruvalcaba, left, examines Paula Medrano, one of the many patients he treats, at the Clinica Sierra Vista Elm unit in Fresno, Calif. Medrano is an undocumented immigrant. One of the 7 million uninsured people living in the United States who were explicitly excluded from the legislation, according to estimates by the Congressional Budget Office. The question of whether to extend coverage to illegal immigrants was so politically contentious that, under the approved legislation, they will not even be able to buy health insurance in the newly created purchasing pools called exchanges if they pay entirely out of their own pocket. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)