I highly doubt this bill goes anywhere. Democrats have a Trifecta in MN. Slim, but still. They were able to narrowly get it out of committee, but getting it to pass on the floor, or even brought to a vote at all, is a heavy lift. Id bet it never makes it to a floor vote and the Rs can say they tried. Committee votes are a very easy and non-significant way to “vote for something” without actually doing anything. Mainly because the overwhelming majority of Americans have no idea how government works and will take it at face value.
Even if it did somehow pass, no way Gov Walz signs it into law. That sends it back for a 2/3rds vote to overcome the veto and that certainly won’t happen.
It’s tough for me because there should be benefits to being a legal citizen, so I kind of understand the desire to exclude people who aren’t citizens.
But I know the immigration system is fucked AND undocumented workers wind up paying taxes indirectly anyway through things like sales tax.
Maybe it’s one of those things that democrats use as a bargaining chip to get something else passed along with this?
It’s only a state level move, but still.
You’re forgetting that uninsured people when get really sick they will end up in the emergency room, and of course won’t have money to pay it, so you will still be footing the bill as yours will have those losses included.
Now if immigrants could get an insurance, they likely would pay part off the insurance bill (the other part would be subsidized by the state), and most importantly they would see a doctor before issue would become so bad that it would become an emergency saving the state (and effectively you) tons of money.
That’s a fair point that I hadn’t considered (I realize this article mentions it, but I had read a different article). Thanks for sharing.