. . . those people are in this country, many of them doing our work, all of them making use of public facilities. It's in OUR interests to keep them healthy.

That doesn't mean, of course, that they need to be on the same plan as those who are working (a good number of whom, it should be noted, have no insurance and no access to affordable healthcare [largely because affordable health care no longer exists]).

That is to say, this plan could take the burden off of government to make up for the shit poor insurance most employers offer, and allow them to focus on those who aren't provided insurance by their employers and can't afford it on their own dime . . . for whatever reason.