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I would propose that California institute a new free medical shuttle service. Illegal aliens from Mexico who show up at the emergency room will be stabilized and then transported for free to a Mexican hospital for further treatment.

Anyone else like that idea?

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"...Nextcare, believed to be the first company of its kind, so far has contracted with five U.S. hospitals to return about 50 uninsured illegal-immigrant patients to Mexico. The American hospitals pay the company to arrange transportation and treatment south of the border — usually at Nextcare's Tijuana facility, Hospital Inglés. Patients must consent in writing to the transfers."

"It's a bargain to hospitals on the California side of the border — and perhaps beyond. The average stay in a California hospital costs $1,737 a day, but Nextcare's costs can be as low as $450 daily, the company said..."

"We ... say, 'Let us take you out of this very expensive hospital and take you to our facility in Tijuana,' " he said. " 'The level of care you're going to receive is the same, maybe even better. You'll have a physician and nurses you understand. The food is something you're comfortable with. The TV is Mexican. You can call your home and have your family come and visit you.' "