U.S. to help fund immigrant care [Hospitals who treat illegal immigrants will get $1B]

Miami Herald ^ | Tue, Jan. 27, 2004 | DAVID OVALLE

[Pubbie]

Rearranging the chairs on the Titanic - $1 Billion doesn't buy what it used to.

[Zipporah]

.."A little-publicized provision in the Medicare bill passed late last year will make about $1 billion available to hospitals, such as Jackson Memorial Hospital, that provide emergency care to undocumented immigrants."

.. what else is there to say? Speaks for itself.

[SouthernFreebird]

U.S. Rep. Mark Foley, a Republican from Palm Beach County who pushed for the GAO study, said that compensating Florida is the right thing to do because the government has not done enough to prevent illegal immigrants from entering the state

Problem is WE are the goverments purse... they are taking our money to pay for the illegals we don't want here. Our goverment has long ago ceased being by the people, for the people.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

At Jackson, one of the busiest public hospitals in the country, hospital administrators ask patients only to prove that they live in Miami-Dade County.

You can be an illegal resident of the country, just as long as you are a "legal" resident of Miami-Dade County. Unbelievable!

I've got my own amnesty proposal. Offer anyone in this country illegally a free bus ticket home, and a chance to reapply for a legitimate work visa in six months. Anyone who doesn't leave the country voluntarily will be deported, and forever lose any chance of coming here legally. At the same time, seal the borders. If we have to build an electric fence from California to Florida, then build it.

[Calpernia]

"Pings" JP....ducks and runs ^-^

[Stopislamnow]

Lets just stop paying taxes.

They cant throw us all in jail.

[yonif]

lol

[hillary's_fat_a**]

Lets just stop paying taxes. They cant throw us all in jail.

My sentiments exactly - enough is enough!

[Stopislamnow]

The stupid govt is unwilling to prosecute illegal aliens, why would they get off thier duffs to prosecute tax protestors?

Oh wait...duh.

Gubmint can KMA!!!!!

[JoeSchem]

The money would chip away at the growing amount of so-called ''charity care'' that many hospitals say poses a serious financial burden.

Not since Clinton referred to taxes as 'contributions' have I seen a more weasly excuse for public spending. In the first place, it wasn't charity, and in the second place, Americans were paying the financial burden of illegal immigration health care by higher charges in the emergency room. The only difference is now the emergency room charges will go down a bit or stay the same, while taxes for increased federal spending will go up.

Either way, Americans will be shafted the same amount, because the same amount has to be paid.

[Lijahsbubbe]

Lets just stop paying taxes.

Well now, hold on there mister, (or miss) that would be breaking the law.

Oh wait, our government rewards breaking the law.

No taxes and free health care for all Americans!!!!!

[Beck_isright]

OK, so we're giving hospitals $1B for illegal alien care. Why don't we give drug dealers $1B to create more efficient distribution systesm? After all, illegal activities need all the help they can get, right?

[Stopislamnow]

if enough of us refuse to pay taxes, I bet we could lobby for amnesty!

woot!

We can do it!

[Stopislamnow]

after all it would be much to difficult to round up and jail 8-10 million tax protestors right?

[dagnabbit]

Divide that ranch out near Crawford, TX into 1-acre parcels. Each time an illegal skips a big hospital bill, the hospital gets 1 acre.

Any leader who wants to give our country away should learn that charity begins at home.

[Donna Lee Nardo]

lol!

[hunter112]

Forget giving the hospital the unmanageable acre (too far away to do a FL hospital any good), just let an illegal alien "family" pitch their tent there.

Acre? What am I talking about, each family would be happy with a hundreth of an acre! Let George feed 'em from his own trough.

[calawah98]

Good idea.
I believe that most of the money will go to the border states hospitals, where most of the illegals go for treatment. Like some say, the Mexicans come over from Mexico and go to the hospitals, get treated then head back to Mexico.

[Marine Inspector]

Ping.