Solution for the looming Medicare crisis
Next week I’m scheduled for a cervical spinal fusion that costs upward of $100,000, but I won’t be paying for it. Like 50 million other Medicare recipients, I will receive the medical care I need more or less free of charge thanks to Medicare. It’s something… Read More
Immigrants Contributed Over $182 Billion to Medicare: Report
Immigrants have helped pay the nation’s bills, at least when it comes to health care, according to a new report. Immigrants contributed over $182 billion to Medicare’s Hospital Insurance Trust Fund between 1996 and 2011, according to a study released by the Partnership… Read More
Why immigrants are the best thing that happened to Medicare
America’s growing immigrant population might not be all that bad for the country’s health-care system. In fact, it’s probably playing an important role in helping to keep it afloat. U.S. immigrants’ net contribution to Medicare’s Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, the program’s core funding source, was $183 billion between 1996 and 2011. Read More
Restauranteur: Meaningful immigration reform needed this year
In Oklahoma, immigrants are making a significant mark in starting new businesses. Despite accounting for 5.5 percent of the state’s population, 7 percent of the state’s business owners are foreign born. Oklahoma’s foreign-born entrepreneurs generate more than $475 million in annual revenue, according to the Partnership for a New American… Read More
Report Finds Immigrants Contributed Net of $182.4 Billion to Medicare’s Core Trust Fund Between 1996 and 2011
CONTACT Ryan Williams, New American Economy, [email protected] Immigrants subsidized Medicare Trust Fund During Great Recession, including a $16.3 billion surplus in 2008 New York, NY — New American Economy today released a new report showing that between 1996 and 2011 immigrants contributed $182.4 billion more… Read More
There’s reason for optimism on immigration
The drive to reform America’s broken immigration system suffered a major blow last week when neither the U.S. Senate nor the U.S. House could manage to agree on an appropriation to deal with the thousands of children, many traveling without their parents, who are arriving at our southern border every… Read More
French Founder Launches Second Company in U.S. for Better Opportunity
Stéphane Le Viet, who earned a Master’s in applied mathematics at Harvard University, started a U.S.-based company while still living in France that helps other companies advertise jobs on Facebook. After earning a hefty round of financing, he’ll be moving to the United States on an investor visa… Read More
Groups Ask Court to Block Deportation Hearings for Children Without Legal Representation
Washington D.C. – The American Immigration Council, American Civil Liberties Union, Northwest Immigrant Rights… Read More
Iowa officials, Farm Bureau run ad urging congress to act on immigration
The nation’s largest farm group and Iowa officials were among those unveiling a nationwide ad Thursday calling on Congress to pass immigration reform – an effort that so far has been bogged down by partisan wrangling in Washington. The ad was released by the American Farm Bureau Federation and the… Read More
New American Economy and American Farm Bureau Federation Release New Immigration Reform Ad
CONTACTS Ryan Williams, Partnership for a New American Economy, [email protected] Will Rodger, American Farm Bureau Federation, [email protected] Ad Featuring Texas Farmer Emphasizes Agriculture Industry’s Need for Immigration Reform, to air in D.C. Taxis and Airports; Movie Theaters, State Fairs and Rodeos… Read More
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