American taxpayers pay for orthodontic work on undocumented kids?

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Anonymous wrote:Fake news.

However attacking innocent, legal children is a new low for Conservatives.

Is it? They do it all of the time.

This thread is proof-positive that Conservatives are antiChrist.

They sure aren't Christian, that's for sure.

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Phooey! I volunteer at a free dental clinic and every single person had to bring latest tax return. For minors, parent's tax return is required. Your daughter doesn't know diddly damn squat.

Now, the tax payer does have to shell out for free dental work for members of Congress and this Frost's me no end.

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You know the illegals, they just love the Invisalign

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Why not just end birthright citizenship?

+ challenge Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982) because if illegal kids can park in our schools you'll never stop non-citizen parents from shoving their kids across the border.

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And to make matters worse, it looks as though we won't even be able to deduct the fortune we pay in County taxes to support the illegals - their education, the anchor babies they have while they're still teens, the ESOL classes, etc. The plan to disallow local taxes might work in areas where there are few illegals, but the Obama administration dumped a lot of them in the MD and VA suburbs. I say there should be an exemption for taxpayers funding school systems with 10% illegals or more.

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Anonymous wrote:You know the illegals, they just love the Invisalign

Good one! It would be funny if it weren't so sad.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no doubt that the cost of people here illegal far surpasses what “they contribute.”

If they are indeed getting taxpayer funded orthodontia, that is so wrong.

In fact, I don’t think taxpayers should fund orthodontia for ANYONE, legal or not, unless it is medically necessary. For cosmetic purposes? Hell, no.

They don't. This is nonsense.

Where do all the undocumented teens I know from war torn central america come up with $3k-7k for braces? Do tell.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no doubt that the cost of people here illegal far surpasses what “they contribute.”

If they are indeed getting taxpayer funded orthodontia, that is so wrong.

In fact, I don’t think taxpayers should fund orthodontia for ANYONE, legal or not, unless it is medically necessary. For cosmetic purposes? Hell, no.

They don't. This is nonsense.

Where do all the undocumented teens I know from war torn central america come up with $3k-7k for braces? Do tell.

Yeah, sure you know so many.

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Anonymous wrote:Phooey! I volunteer at a free dental clinic and every single person had to bring latest tax return. For minors, parent's tax return is required. Your daughter doesn't know diddly damn squat.

Now, the tax payer does have to shell out for free dental work for members of Congress and this Frost's me no end.

+1 and -1

+1. Your daughter definately does not know WTF she is talking about. Illegal immigrants only get Medicaid under very limited emergency circumstances. ER stabilization and child birth are the biggies. Kids who are not here lawfully are not getting orthodontia. Even Medicaid eligible kids need to show medical necessity, as opposed to cosmetic purposes. I'm sorry she is unhappy that kids who are here legally, but whose parents speak Spanish get braces if it is deemed medically necessary. Your daughter may be a dental hygienist who serves the Hispanic community, but I do Medicaid policy for a living, and I call BS.

Read and learn about Medicaid/CHIP policies for undocumented immigrants. https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/outreach-and-enrollment/downloads/overview-of-eligibility-for-non-citizens-in-medicaid-and-chip.pdf

Also, realize that some states choose to be more generous than the floor the federal grand gernment provides. So, take it up with the state.


But -1 on free braces for Congress. Under FEHB, you buy most dental coverage separate. The best you can do with braces, and I checked carefully, is 50% reimbursement, but the plan is expensive. You pretty much break even with one kid in braces. My 2 kids overlapped, so it is worth it.

Now, members of Congress goes under the ACA, so they get what the public gets on the exchanges. Most Congressional staffers are FEHB. So yes, some amount of dental insurance is employer subsidized. But no, Feds and Congress Are not getting amazing dental and free braces.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no doubt that the cost of people here illegal far surpasses what “they contribute.”

If they are indeed getting taxpayer funded orthodontia, that is so wrong.

In fact, I don’t think taxpayers should fund orthodontia for ANYONE, legal or not, unless it is medically necessary. For cosmetic purposes? Hell, no.

They don't. This is nonsense.

Where do all the undocumented teens I know from war torn central america come up with $3k-7k for braces? Do tell.

How many do you know?

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DC does pay braces for undocumented kids. My friend fostered a girl who is undocumented, and DC has a program that paid her braces. I am not sure how many states have programs like this. Probably not too many. But the district absolutely does.

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Anonymous wrote:DC does pay braces for undocumented kids. My friend fostered a girl who is undocumented, and DC has a program that paid her braces. I am not sure how many states have programs like this. Probably not too many. But the district absolutely does.

And does this program also pay for the orthodontia of kids who are citizens but can't afford braces?

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Anonymous wrote:Excuse me but all President's children get that benefit. We are also paying for non US citizens illegally present in the USA plus anchor babies. If I knew of many families with tourist visa relatives flying in for birth then how many did you ever meet?

Before actually meeting these people we were never even aware of the issue. It used to be Mexican border crossers until a few decades ago and now is an industry.

Who cares if rich people around the world fly here to have their babies, give them US citizenship, and then fly back to wherever they came from? This doesn't hurt you in any way. It may benefit you, if the rich kid ever decides to move to the US. Or if he or she stays in her country, then it doesn't affect you at all.

This post just bothers me......No big deal, huh?
PP, tell us how many countries around the world allow this type of flouting of laws.

It's not flouting the laws. It's legal.

I also don't see why anyone would be upset by a US citizen living in China or Russia or anywhere. This thread is about undocumented kids receiving services from the US government. US citizens living in other countries are not costing taxpayers any money. If they decide to move here, when they are children or adults, then they will be ordinary US citizens who have lived abroad (and I assume you are). I just don't see why people are angry about this.

I am absolutely confounded by this statement. You actually think China or Russia or any other country would be just fine with a US citizen living in their country, and receiving benefits from the host country's government? Plenty of US citizens live abroad - but they're either US government employees, private industry employees, or self-employed, and they're ALL there on legal visas. They don't just pick up, move to a foreign country, and expect that country to pick up the tab on everything from their kids' education to their entire family's healthcare. Are you this out of touch to think there's nothing at all wrong with immigrants coming here ILLEGALLY and expecting (and receiving) handouts from our government?

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Arlington, for example, spends $19k per student per year. A typical illegal may have 2-3 kids in the school system. If the illegal had all three here (anchor babies) then k-12 for all three costs the citizens $741k. Add to that the free lunches, the free care in emergency rooms, the cost of medical to deliver the three kids, and on and on. Does this minimum wage earner who may very well pay taxes ever make a dent in the cost shouldered by the American tax payers. Not even close.


So we shouldn't educate our citizens? I am not following.

DP here. We must pay for our citizens. But, to say that the undocumented who come here are not an expense is deceptive. And, please note that the $19k is likely a minimum cost as these kids likely need more services: ESOL, etc. and possibly special needs.

While they are American Citizens and here to stay, they should have never been and more are born each day to parents that should not be in this country. This is why we need a big beautiful wall, enforce harsh penalties for companies that employ illegals, and jail those who overstay Visas. Once the incentive to come is extinguished, the remaining problem can then be managed.

What does this have anything to do with illegals and braces? Maybe you should stay on topic.

The intent of birthright citizenship was not anchor babies as practiced today including birthright tourism and border crossing births-come in from Mexico-birth and return. I knew people who flew over from Asia, ME, Africa to give birth. Relatives of friends of mine or my kids. One family from the ME had 1 daughter [3 US births], 4 cousins on multiple tourist visa visits. A friend here legally from Mexico has had 5 family members-no one is poor.

You do know we're not talking about the rich, right?

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Anonymous wrote:Excuse me but all President's children get that benefit. We are also paying for non US citizens illegally present in the USA plus anchor babies. If I knew of many families with tourist visa relatives flying in for birth then how many did you ever meet?

Before actually meeting these people we were never even aware of the issue. It used to be Mexican border crossers until a few decades ago and now is an industry.

Who cares if rich people around the world fly here to have their babies, give them US citizenship, and then fly back to wherever they came from? This doesn't hurt you in any way. It may benefit you, if the rich kid ever decides to move to the US. Or if he or she stays in her country, then it doesn't affect you at all.

This post just bothers me......No big deal, huh?
PP, tell us how many countries around the world allow this type of flouting of laws.

It's not flouting the laws. It's legal.

I also don't see why anyone would be upset by a US citizen living in China or Russia or anywhere. This thread is about undocumented kids receiving services from the US government. US citizens living in other countries are not costing taxpayers any money. If they decide to move here, when they are children or adults, then they will be ordinary US citizens who have lived abroad (and I assume you are). I just don't see why people are angry about this.

I am absolutely confounded by this statement. You actually think China or Russia or any other country would be just fine with a US citizen living in their country, and receiving benefits from the host country's government? Plenty of US citizens live abroad - but they're either US government employees, private industry employees, or self-employed, and they're ALL there on legal visas. They don't just pick up, move to a foreign country, and expect that country to pick up the tab on everything from their kids' education to their entire family's healthcare. Are you this out of touch to think there's nothing at all wrong with immigrants coming here ILLEGALLY and expecting (and receiving) handouts from our government?

It is not illegal to hold dual citizenship. Some countries frown on it, but it's not generally illegal. As I said, I don't understand why you're angry, upset, confounded by women on tourist visas coming to this country to have their babies, then taking their babies with dual citizenship back home with them to raise there. The children are receiving benefits from "the host country's government" because they are dual citizens. Please explain more to me because I don't understand why this is such a problem.