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Rhiannon12866

(245,993 posts)
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 04:00 AM 18 hrs ago

Who Pays for Undocumented Migrants' Healthcare? Reporter Explains - Amanpour and Company PBS



In Washington, D.C., the government shutdown is about to enter its fifth week. Negotiations remain at a standstill, the issue of healthcare funding for undocumented immigrants being one of the main sticking points between Democrats and Republicans. According to Washington Post reporter David Ovalle, it is a debate riddled with misleading claims. Ovalle joins the show. - Originally aired on October 28, 2025.
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Who Pays for Undocumented Migrants' Healthcare? Reporter Explains - Amanpour and Company PBS (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 18 hrs ago OP
Republicans claim that Democrats are demanding healthcare for undocumented immigrants. Permanut 18 hrs ago #1
The facts don't need an explanation. R. P. McMurphy 10 hrs ago #2

Permanut

(7,689 posts)
1. Republicans claim that Democrats are demanding healthcare for undocumented immigrants.
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 04:23 AM
18 hrs ago

Not true, never has been true, won't be true in the future.

Waiting for reporters to "explain" that.

Well, actually it needs no explanation; facts stand by themselves.

R. P. McMurphy

(862 posts)
2. The facts don't need an explanation.
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 11:47 AM
10 hrs ago

It would be nice, though, if the reporters would point them out occasionally.

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