Show of hands on immigrant health care belies a thorny issue
WASHINGTON (AP) ” In one unanimous show of hands, Democratic presidential candidates moved to the mainstream the idea of full health insurance for people who don’t have legal permission to be in the United States.But turning that debate-night moment into reality would mean reversing longstanding federal policies that have only gotten stricter. The idea is so new that independent experts say they don’t have a reliable cost estimate. Politically, it wouldn’t happen without a pitched […]
