5 minutes of Democrats fighting for taxpayer-funded healthcare for illegal immigrants.

I haven't heard anybody in my party saying that illegal immigrants should get access to the health insurance marketplace. Raise your hand if your government plan would provide coverage for undocumented immigrants. Also, cover illegal immigrants. Sure, so yes, I'm never going to be in favor of a policy that denies people access to public health, public safety, or public education based on their immigrant status. That all people in this country have the right to healthcare. Would you include the 11 million undocumented immigrants in that? His first order of business, expanding state-run healthcare, including full coverage to 138,000 illegal immigrants. So you support giving universal healthcare, Medicare for all, to people who are in this country illegally? Let me just be very clear about this. I am opposed to any policy that would deny, in our country, any human being from access to public safety, public education, or public health, period. You said that it would be covered under your plan. State lawmakers passed a bill that would offer Medicaid to undocumented seniors. Do you expect to sign this, and do you foresee expanding it just beyond seniors? I will sign that bill. I think it's important. I did universal healthcare when I was mayor, fully implemented, regardless of pre-existing conditionability pay, and regardless of your immigration status. San Francisco is the only universal healthcare plan for all undocumented residents in America and I'm very proud of that. On undocumented healthcare, which I again think it's a human right, I think it makes economic sense. We want to save healthcare for all people, thank you. When we talk about Medicare for all, A-L-L, it means all. It means every man, woman, and child in this country, including the undocumented. Everybody is in and nobody is out in my bill. I don't want it to be an immigration bill, I want it to be a healthcare bill. Would they have access to health insurance? Yes. Health insurance for undocumented immigrants is a deal breaker for you. That is one of the pillars of the plan, as I see it. Healthcare is a human right for all, including, by the way, the undocumented in this country. Accusations tonight against an Illinois program that provides healthcare for undocumented migrants. People need to get healthcare. I am in favor of universal healthcare, however that comes together. Will this plan also include undocumented people? And the answer is absolutely, of course. You as several of your fellow competitors for the Democratic nomination support government funded healthcare for undocumented immigrants. This is not a progressive decision, it's a common sense thing. Undocumented people should have the opportunity to buy into the plan. The proposal for Medicare for all that I introduced includes making sure that undocumented people are also covered. You should be able to buy into it, in my view. Should undocumented immigrants also be able to get subsidized healthcare? They should have access to healthcare. They should have access to what everybody else has access to. I am in favor of a partnership for everyone in our country. To once again lead on healthcare and provide a pathway and a framework for 1.1 million undocumented residents in the state of California to avail themselves to high quality, comprehensive Medi-Cal care. Well, is that the same thing with you? Do you believe people come here who are not citizens, they should all be getting food, healthcare, housing? Depending on which law you're referring to, in certain circumstances we do provide these services. Support of a Medicare for all single-payer system, and that means that everybody in the country has healthcare, including the undocumented. Medicare for all, as I put this together, covers everyone, regardless of immigration status. And that's it. We have universal healthcare regardless of immigration status that we expanded last year up to the age of 26, and clearly, as you know from my budget, we had a desire to do even more. If it's okay, Judy, and deal with the homeless, not homeless, undocumented, pardon me, but nobody gets turned away in this state. Over the age of 65, we'll pick up that tab regardless of your status. So we're going to take care of them as well. So I believe in this. And we do ourselves no favors by having 11 million undocumented people in our country be unable to access healthcare. I have a different bill called the HEAL Act that is specifically around healthcare for undocumented folks. I think that anyone who is in a situation where they're in need of healthcare, regardless of whether they're documented or undocumented. Would you consider including the 11 million undocumented immigrants? Once we're in balance, I think that would be the next step.