Commentary: Denying health care to immigrants would be harmful to America | McClatchy
Commentary: Denying health care to immigrants would be harmful to America | McClatchy.
SAN DIEGO – Barring immigrants, irrespective of their status, from purchasing health insurance through whatever plan Congress legislates only endangers the health and the economy of the entire United States. As recognized by numerous international treaties and accords, and any number of sovereign states, access to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is a basic human right. Good health is essential to a person’s ability to participate in his or her community. A community’s failure to provide adequate preventive or curative medical care poisons its workplaces, schools and the social fabric of daily life. In short, a successful society demands the good health of its citizens.
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