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"Won't work for you - you're an American"

That is very true. I personally know an American living in Arizona who needed surgery and the doctor told her that if she had been an illegal she could have had the operation right away. But, as an American w/o insurance she had to save & borrow from family which took several months. Fortunately, this was not a life-threatening surgery (a goiter).

That is very true. I personally know an American living in Arizona who needed surgery and the doctor told her that if she had been an illegal she could have had the operation right away.

It's not just illegals --- many of the people from Mexico easily get visitor visas or already had them to legally enter and obtain their free health care. If you're living on the border and have no insurance --- if you own a small house on the US side, it counts as an asset and you could end up with a lien on it if you try to use a county hospital --- but if you live on the Mexican side, you can have a mansion and it doesn't count as an asset because they can't put a lien on it. The county hospitals along the border have become hospitals pretty much only for Mexican nationals --- they cost too much for Americans to use because they're free to Mexicans.