Posted on 08/12/2004 3:27:44 PM PDT by 4.1O dana super trac pak
Maryland Comptroller William Donald Schaefer said yesterday that illegal aliens drain health care resources -- his second recent criticism about immigration.
During a Board of Public Works meeting in Annapolis, Mr. Schaefer asked state health Secratary Nelson J. Sabatini how much the state spends on health care for illegal immigrants.
When told that the figure is about $40 million, Mr. Schaefer said: "Our own people, that is legitimate Americans, cannot get health care."
He added that it would be a "tragedy" if the country becomes billingual -- English and Spanish speaking.
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The amount the state spends on health care for illegal aliens could be closer to $100 million, said Delegate Pat McDonough, Baltimore County Republican.
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If they had green cards they wouldn't get sick or have accidents? Why is the government hiding this medical miracle from us?
I wonder if anyone has informed him that the decision to provide medical services to indigents is a local one, not a federal one.
The federal law only requires that hospital emergency rooms stabilize anyone brought to them without regard to ability to pay. Once they are stabilized they are on their own. States and local hospitals can draw the line anywhere they want. They can decide to treat only American citizens, only city citizens, only legal immigrants, all immigrants, or no poor people at all.
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Gulp. That was me, what you would call a "speed error", of course.
Lucky for you that you are not a lawyer. John Edwards would make mincemeat out of you.
Is he the one who had a kid out of wedlock?
What is mincemeat? Some yankee thing?
It's especially sad when people who are struggling to pay their own family's $1100-a-month health premium are forced to pay for the health coverage of others.
For a good (yet cheap) time in L.A., do the following:
Get dressed in business attire, grab a clipboard and pen and start visiting county ERs. Once there, pretend like you're doing a head count.
If they have green cards they're more likely to be someone whom a collection agency can extract money out of.
LOL! Or you could walk the streets with a cap or shirt labeled INS. Kind of like watching the parting of the Red Sea.
The "system's broken" dontcha know. The dems want to fix it by throwing more money into it. Your money. My money. Keep feeding the beast
Then give them green cards and everyone will be happy.
Hack or not...He's right on..concerning his statement. Although if I were him....I'd be putting my flack jacket on.
FRegards,
I don't happen to think that lawbreakers should be rewarded for their actions.
I've never voted for the SOB but I will say that he has provided a hell of a lot of entertainment.
Much more than Mandel, Glendenning, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Barbara Mikulski, Paul Sarbanes and any of the RATs that have governed or represented this state for decades.
No, that was Parris Glendenning - who knocked up one of his high paid assistants.
Or would you rather punish yourself with a recession and a lower living standard?
You didn't answer my last post about that.
What was your question?
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