The Next Shoe

We asked the other day what the next canard in the GOP effort to torpedo health care reform would be and now we know:

Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) on Tuesday defended critics of Democratic health care reform plans who claim the proposals would provide subsidized health care to illegal immigrants. Kyl said Democrats have long sought to block curbs on public services for people illegally in the country.

“It’s a logical question for people to ask,” Kyl said during a conference call with reporters, maintaining that during last year’s State Children’s Health Insurance Program debate and other legislative fights, Democrats blocked efforts by Republicans to include curbs on health care for illegal immigrants.

“In the last couple of bills … there were efforts to ensure that only eligible people would get the benefits … those efforts were defeated by Democrats,” Kyl argued, pointing out that hospitals currently are required to provide illegal aliens — as well as anyone else — with health care if they are in need.

If you thought the teabaggers and patriots were insane at the town halls before you might you might want to hold on to your hat. Of course you won't find anyone in the media asking the right questions...If we turn the illegal immigrants away from the hospitals or any access to emergency care what are we supposed to do with the bodies? Is there any plan for ameliorating the epidemics of who knows what when potentially millions of people go untreated and are left to die or spread whatever contagious disease they may have? Is there going to separate plans for disposing of the bodies of children and adults? What are we going to do about immigrant children orphaned because their parents didn't have access to health care?