Health Care for Illegals

I am sorry that Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina was proved wrong when he yelled, “You lie” when President Obama said illegal immigrants would not be covered in his proposals for health care reform. Everyone who needs medical care in our country should have access to it as inexpensively as possible. Illegals harvest our crops, wait on our tables, clean our homes and mow our lawns. Many pay federal and local taxes. Our economy would falter without their work. What about the children of illegals born here? Are they also ineligible? How about health care for the millions of tourists who come to our country, fill our cash registers and become ill? They need good health care too. Our compassion as humane Americans must be extended to all who need medical care.

Robert Warren Cromey

San Francisco