Some immigrants excluded from health care overhaul

Dr. Stephanie Briney listens to a heartbeat of an unidentified 5-year-old, uninsured patient Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at Wesley health Center in downtown Phoenix. President Barack Obama has championed two sweeping policy changes that could transform how people live in the United States: affordable health care for all and a path to citizenship for the 11 million immigrants illegally in the country. But many immigrants will have to wait more than a decade to qualify for health care benefits under the proposed immigration overhaul being debated by Congress, ensuring a huge swath of people will remain uninsured as the centerpiece of Obama's health care law launches next year. (AP Photo/Matt York)PHOENIX (AP) — President Barack Obama has championed two sweeping policy changes that could transform how people live in the United States: affordable health care for all and a path to citizenship for the 11 million immigrants illegally in the country.