[JackelopeBreeder]

Ping!

[martin_fierro]

Preventative health care for Illegals:

PREVENT THEM FROM ENTERING THE COUNTRY IN THE FIRST PLACE.

[HiJinx]

JB, IIRC, several states have gone through this nutroll...

Hasn't Arizona come down on the other side of the fence on this one? That Az hospitals will continue to provide non-emergency medical care without regard to ability to pay or legal status?

[Bigg Red]

But local immigrant rights and health care activists disagree with the hospital district, saying it makes economic sense to have individuals treated early, before they need to go to an emergency room, which can be three to 10 times more expensive.


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No, it makes economic sense to deport them. Duh!

[dennisw]

We are the flop house of Mexico.

[truthkeeper]

bttt

[NewRomeTacitus]

One thing is certain: People in the medical community are completely myopic about the larger problem. All they care about on their end is having the abilities, materials and funds to treat whoever comes through their doors. Perhaps that is as it should be, but their "treat first, worry about money later" ethos will continue to be a magnet for illegal immigration. It is our government's responsibility to keep out the deadbeats who are endangering the health care system.

[janetgreen]

Many Americans can't afford preventative health care, and it should NOT be available to illegal aliens. The illegals use the ER for everything from runny noses to dandruff. I just got through paying a bill for over a thousand bucks for my grandson's emergency room care. Any medical care given to illegals should be paid for by Vicente Fox who sent them here.

[FITZ]

Let's hope they do something to slow down this problem --- even though the federal government is sending down millions of dollars to bail out the border states, it's not going to be nearly enough. Interesting how rural hospitals throughout the USA are allowed to close their doors, making access for citizens difficult, the federal government does everything it can to keep border hospitals well-financed -- but the problem is the more that is sent the much more is needed.

http://www.borderlandnews.com/stories/borderland/20040725-147002.shtml

Federal money to help public hospitals

County Attorney José Rodríguez said El Paso County was one of several border counties that commissioned a study to determine the financial impact of uncompensated health care.

"The amount of money they're saying that Texas will get is not enough to cover our costs for uncompensated health care," he said. "We also don't know yet whether the states will allocate the money, and whether the money will get to border communities with the greatest needs, like El Paso."

[goldstategop]

Of course we have to treat them free but Mexico offers no such reciprocity to Americans who happen to sick there and need health care.

[usadave]

Federal law requires all hospitals, public or private, to treat emergency room patients.

Actually the author of this article is mistaken on this point. Federal law only requires that all individuals seeking treatment at a hospital emergency room must be examined by a member of the medical staff, usually the triage nurse. If the triage nurse decides that the patient's medical condition is not severe or life threatening, that patient can legally be denied treatment by the emergency room's medical staff.

[Ron H.]

"The problems are still going to be there," Farber said. He is concerned about the potential health risks that the general public could face from diseases that might be brought across the border, the impact of overcrowded emergency rooms and the costs of care.

And now the rest of the story.

Dr. Farber is more concerned with a loss of income derived through his medical clinic('s) that provide medical treatment / services to illegal aliens in Montgomery County. The newsies always manage to leave that part out of their stories when writing about Dr. Farber and how all he wants to do is provide tax-payer funded medical services and care for those poor unfortunate souls, aka illegal aliens.

Dr. Farber is a wealthy doctor wanting even more of our taxpayer dollars while pretending to want to care for undocumented illegal aliens.

[Mamzelle]

re: Federal law requires all hospitals, public or private, to treat emergency room patients. )))

Distracts from the fact that a hospital, under most circumstances, is not required to have an emergency room.