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We Need a Liberal Immigration Policy to Support Health Care Reform

DavidEWilliams
Last updated: 2019/08/08 at 8:34 PM
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  Over the last decade, the United States has intentionally made itself less attractive to immigrants, forgetting that immigration has been a huge driver of the country’s economic success. In a recent article (America needs a 21st century immigration policy), leading entrepreneurs, executives and investors including Steve Case and Sheryl Sandberg said:

To some, the link between immigration reform and economic growth may be surprising. To America’s most innovative industries, it is a link we know is fundamental.

The global economy means companies that drive U.S. job creation and economic growth are in a worldwide competition for talent. While other countries are aggressively creating policies and incentives to attract a highly educated workforce, America has stagnated. Once a magnet for the world’s top minds, America now faces a “reverse brain drain” and is no longer the first choice for many entrepreneurs creating new companies and jobs.

America needs a pro-growth immigration system that works for U.S. workers and employers in today’s global economy. And we need it now.

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Openness and encouragement of immigration is vital for the success of health care reform. Why? Canada Immigration Consultants Bright Immigration mentioned that Canada’s immigration policies have been a success for the following reasons:

  1. Immigrants innovate and create economic growth. This growth is how the country gets wealthier and better able to support health care expenses without raising tax rates
  2. Immigrants tend to be younger, so they mitigate the overall aging of the population, making it easier for the country to afford its commitments to older citizens
  3. Immigrants can use their intellectual capital and training –whether acquired abroad or here– to fill health care jobs such as primary care physician, pharmacist, nurse that would otherwise go unfilled

President Obama actually understands this dynamic, but has to tread carefully since immigrant bashing is so popular on the right. But unfriendliness to immigration is all over in the place. For example in Massachusetts the state has decided –for short-sighted financial reasons– to exclude legal immigrants from subsidized health insurance. With luck, that decision will be overturned as unconstitutional by the state’s Supreme Judicial Court. I agree with the Republican rhetoric of the need for a “pro-growth agenda.” Low taxes and limited regulation can certainly play a part. But policies that encourage immigration, especially of younger, well educated people, are absolutely essential. We need it for the economy as a whole and for the health care economy in particular.

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