NYS Senate approves bill giving illegal immigrants health care
ALBANY – State Senate Democrats have approved legislation to provide low-cost health care to migrants after the federal government agreed to provide the cash. “We are already spending over a billion dollars without giving any type of regular care to these folks,” stated Senate Health Committee Chair Gustavo Rivera (D-Bronx), who sponsored the bill, said on the chamber floor Thursday night. "So these folks are already here. They get sick. They get flus They get colds. They break legs … What we're suggesting here is that we have a way to get federal money so it doesn't cost the state…