Re: McCain,Obama Madness! Healthcare for Mexico!!!!!

From your link:

"Unbelievable as it may seem, the Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act of 2005 contained a provision giving insurance companies the right to help devise a plan for extending US health care to Mexico (Sec. 1004. BINATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE AND HEALTH INSURANCE)."

It implemented a study, not health insurance.  If Insurance companies wish to extend coverage to Mexico, why not?  Isn't that part of what business is all about?  What's the big problem?  If we're outsourcing jobs to China, India, the Caribbean, and many other places, why not outsource health insurance if it makes economic sense?

It doesn't take much for neocons to get into a dither.

From the bill:

SEC. 1004. BINATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE AND HEALTH INSURANCE.

(a) Study-

(1) IN GENERAL- The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall contract with the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (referred to in this section as the `Institute') to study binational public health infrastructure and health insurance efforts.

(2) INPUT- In conducting the study under paragraph (1), the Institute shall solicit input from border health experts and health insurance companies.

(b) Report-

(1) IN GENERAL- Not later than 1 year after the date on which the Secretary of Health and Human Services enters into a contract under subsection (a), the Institute shall submit a report concerning the study conducted under subsection (a) to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the appropriate committees of Congress.

(2) CONTENTS- The report submitted under paragraph (1) shall include the recommendations of the Institute on ways to expand or improve binational public health infrastructure and health insurance efforts.