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Health Care Special Issue: Foreign Bodies: "he Democrats, meanwhile, are too cowed by the anti-immigration lobby--and the prospect of losing support for their individual health care plans--to defend the undocumented. Hillary Clinton and John Edwards have already decided to exclude illegal immigrants from their universal-coverage proposals, while Barack Obama has held his tongue on the issue. As a result, doctors such as Ludmir are likely to continue to see undocumented immigrants when their medical situation is most dire--and costly to society."