While attention turns to health care for all, let’s talk about coverage for immigrants

As progressives consider proposals to implement universal health care, it’s important to define the principle that’s driving them. What unites Democrats right now is the idea that health care is a right afforded to all. If that’s the self-imposed litmus test, it’s essential to define “all” when discussing universal health care.

Millions of people who live in the United States are currently uninsured. High costs remain a major barrier to coverage; ...