I have a number of issues with the plan, however, there is nothing in the plan that indicates that illegal immigrants would get any federal health subsidy. It does say that benefits are limited to family members who are citizens or legal residents.
I also got an email from a friend of mine (and I am surprised CdC has not posted it yet
) saying that the bill in section 152 does not allow discriminiation based on citizenship or lack thereof. That is also pure BS - the bill does say that discrimination is not allowed "without regard to personal characteristics", but provides the caveat "Except as otherwise explicitly permitted by this act."
As for Joe Wilson - well, it typifies the mentality of the current crop of right wingers (and some lefties) - including some folks on this forum. You should simply shout down your opponent O'Reilly style rather than actually engage in any sort of debate. Those tactics and people belong on Jerry Springer rather than in Congress. If a Democrat had done that when Bush was in office a lot of you would have been looking to hang him from the nearest tree.
Steve