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(Maryland Comptroller) Schaefer says illegals drain health system
The Washington Times ^ | 8/12/2004 | Robert Redding Jr.

Posted on 08/12/2004 3:27:44 PM PDT by 4.1O dana super trac pak

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To: 4.1O dana super trac pak
"Mr. Schaefer said he supports legal immigration but complained that some people who are not citizens do not have "green cards""

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.

21 posted on 08/12/2004 4:05:47 PM PDT by bayourod (I resent Kerry telling me that his values, not mine are the only true American values.)
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ping


22 posted on 08/12/2004 4:11:19 PM PDT by gubamyster
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To: 7.62 x 51mm

Gulp. That was me, what you would call a "speed error", of course.


23 posted on 08/12/2004 4:18:16 PM PDT by 4.1O dana super trac pak (Let them eat amnesty)
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To: bayourod

Lucky for you that you are not a lawyer. John Edwards would make mincemeat out of you.


24 posted on 08/12/2004 4:42:06 PM PDT by texastoo (a "has-been" Republican)
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To: buccaneer81

Is he the one who had a kid out of wedlock?


25 posted on 08/12/2004 4:49:33 PM PDT by Dante3
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To: texastoo

What is mincemeat? Some yankee thing?


26 posted on 08/12/2004 5:00:28 PM PDT by bayourod (I resent Kerry telling me that his values, not mine are the only true American values.)
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To: 4.1O dana super trac pak

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.


27 posted on 08/12/2004 5:02:40 PM PDT by henderson field
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To: concentric circles
Los Angeles County was calculated to be spending $340 million per year for health care for illegals a couple of years ago. That figure has since gone up.

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.

28 posted on 08/12/2004 5:25:12 PM PDT by DumpsterDiver
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To: bayourod

If they have green cards they're more likely to be someone whom a collection agency can extract money out of.


29 posted on 08/12/2004 5:31:58 PM PDT by brianl703 (Border crossing is a misdemeanor. So is drunk driving. Which do we have more checkpoints for?)
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To: DumpsterDiver

LOL! Or you could walk the streets with a cap or shirt labeled INS. Kind of like watching the parting of the Red Sea.


30 posted on 08/12/2004 5:32:11 PM PDT by concentric circles
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To: henderson field

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


31 posted on 08/12/2004 5:34:35 PM PDT by virgil
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To: brianl703

Then give them green cards and everyone will be happy.


32 posted on 08/12/2004 5:35:41 PM PDT by bayourod (I resent Kerry telling me that his values, not mine are the only true American values.)
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To: buccaneer81
Damn, this guy loves drawing a state paycheck. He was the Mayor of Baltimore, then the Governor of Maryland and now the state comptroller. What a hack.

Hack or not...He's right on..concerning his statement. Although if I were him....I'd be putting my flack jacket on.

FRegards,

33 posted on 08/12/2004 5:40:54 PM PDT by Osage Orange (MOLON LABE)
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To: bayourod

I don't happen to think that lawbreakers should be rewarded for their actions.


34 posted on 08/12/2004 5:48:28 PM PDT by brianl703 (Border crossing is a misdemeanor. So is drunk driving. Which do we have more checkpoints for?)
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Damn, this guy loves drawing a state paycheck. He was the Mayor of Baltimore, then the Governor of Maryland and now the state comptroller. What a hack.

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.

35 posted on 08/12/2004 5:52:15 PM PDT by jackbill
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Is he the one who had a kid out of wedlock?

No, that was Parris Glendenning - who knocked up one of his high paid assistants.

36 posted on 08/12/2004 5:55:27 PM PDT by jackbill
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To: brianl703
How about rewarding them for the contributions they are making to this great economy and the services they have provided you?

Or would you rather punish yourself with a recession and a lower living standard?

37 posted on 08/12/2004 5:59:19 PM PDT by bayourod (I resent Kerry telling me that his values, not mine are the only true American values.)
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To: bayourod

You didn't answer my last post about that.


38 posted on 08/12/2004 6:00:43 PM PDT by brianl703 (Border crossing is a misdemeanor. So is drunk driving. Which do we have more checkpoints for?)
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To: brianl703

What was your question?


39 posted on 08/12/2004 6:03:46 PM PDT by bayourod (I resent Kerry telling me that his values, not mine are the only true American values.)
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What is mincemeat? Some yankee thing? No it is an English thing.
40 posted on 08/12/2004 6:19:17 PM PDT by texastoo (a "has-been" Republican)
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