Elizabeth Warren Melts Down After Bill Reveals Free Healthcare for…
Senator Elizabeth ‘Pocahontas’ Warren erupted on CBS Mornings when confronted about the Democrat funding bill that critics say funnels taxpayer dollars to noncitizens.
CBS co-host Tony Dokoupil pressed her: “So, senator, you know, Republicans say what you’re really fighting for is taxpayer dollars for, as they put it, illegal aliens. I know that’s not strictly true but there is a provision –”
Warren immediately interrupted: “Oh, excuse me not strictly true.”
Dokoupil continued, “It’s not directly true, but –
“It is a flat-out lie. It is a flat-out lie,” Warren shot back.
“There is nothing in Medicaid, nothing in Medicare, that permits one undocumented immigrant to get one dollar of assistance. None,” she insisted.
When Dokoupil tried to continue, Warren repeated, “Zero.”
Even as he attempted to explain that the Democrat counterproposal restores Medicaid benefits for certain noncitizens removed under previous legislation, Warren dismissed it with a firm, “No!”
The heated exchange underscores the growing frustration many Americans feel about Democrats’ willingness to spend taxpayer money on noncitizens while ignoring the needs of citizens.
Dokoupil pressed further: “Republicans don’t think those people should be getting health care on the taxpayer dime. I’m not asking on the merits. Politically, putting that in there, exposes you to this talking point, this lie as you put it. Why put it in there? Why is it worth it?”
Warren doubled down: “No. What’s happened is that what we’re saying is that whenever hospitals give care, what is going to be the level of reimbursement? And the Republicans said it’s going to be a low level. The Democrats said we just want to go back to the level it was before because you’re going to bankrupt hospitals. You’re going to put rural hospitals out of business.”
“The Republicans and the Democrats’ plan, nothing changes the number of undocumented immigrants who still get care if they show up bleeding and unconscious at an emergency room. There is absolutely zero difference,” Warren added.
She explained further: “The difference is whether or not hospitals who, under laws that date back to Ronald Reagan, may provide emergency care to anyone who’s unconscious, will actually get reimbursed at a very low level that will put the hospital ultimately out of business potentially or at a higher level.”
“Look, what we’re looking for is help for people who are going to get pushed out of nursing homes, help for people who are at home and relying on home health aides,” Warren continued