Mass. advocates rallying for immigrant health care

On the table...cuts in health care coverage for legal immigrants.

Immigrant advocates in Massachusetts said they are preparing "an intense" lobbying effort to help around 20,000 legal immigrants who are at risk of losing their state sponsored health care coverage under a proposal to slash state spending… But MIRA [Massachusetts Immigrants & Refugee Advocacy Coalition] executive director Eva Millona said cutting the program will drive up health care costs for the state since the immigrants will be forced to use more expensive emergency care if they get sick. "These are residents who pay taxes, they contribute and already get less coverage than everyone else," said Millona. "And now they will get nothing." [Full Article: Boston Globe]