>Honest single payer advocates to this day admit that this is a big drawback
>to single payer. See the California HealthCare Foundation site here:
>http://www.chcf.org/topics/healthinsurance/coverageexpansion/index.cfm?itemID=105322&model=single_payer
>
>"By generally accepted standards of fairness, the single-payer approach
>rates high in terms of providing access to coverage. This approach achieves
>universal coverage without requiring anyone to pay premiums, with the
>important exception that it does not cover undocumented immigrants. "
>
>Why the hell would SEIU or any other union where a reasonably large chunk of
>their membership is undocumented sign onto a program guaranteed to scew
>those members?
>
>Is SEIU supposed to say to those members-- Sucks to be you, but we're
>trading off your health care plan for a government one that will exclude you
>and probably lead to the end of most available care at hospitals and
>clinics?
This is from Physicians for a National Health Plan:
>>Our universal single-payer health care legislation in California
>>(SB840-Kuehl) includes the undocumented.....
>>
>>Our universal single-payer health care legislation in California
>>(SB840-Kuehl) covers abortion services.....
>>
>>SEIU endorses SB840-Kuehl