“There can be no doubt that some minimum of food, shelter and clothing, sufficient to preserve health and the capacity to work, can be assured to everybody. … Nor is there any reason why the state should not assist the individuals in providing for those common hazards of life against which, because of their uncertainty, few individuals can make adequate provision.”
Sen. Allen Christensen, R-North Ogden, has proposed to reinstate an antiquated, appropriately abandoned, requirement that legal immigrants wait five years before receiving services from Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
Christensen isn’t worried about these programs running out of money; saving money is not his motivation.