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To: liberallarry
many are dying because they can't afford to get any service at all.

Link? The reason emergency rooms like King-Drew are closing is because illegals use them as their primary care facility for such ailments as sore throats, etc. If you're in a car accident, been burned, have broken bones, etc, no one is being turned away.

LL, you're a typical lib who speaks with conviction from what you read but without experience - in this case, one would have to work in the health care business to adequately understand the issues. Problem is, most people in the HC business are conservatives - all that school and hard work, you know.

20 posted on 10/24/2004 7:48:27 AM PDT by lemura
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To: lemura
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Personal experience.

I was an L.A. County ocean lifeguard for more than a quarter of a century. We had a paramedic unit which serviced inland communities as well. Those guys were friends of mine. They'd tell me how often they had to deal with very serious problems which occured because people couldn't afford medical care at earlier stages.

I've heard the same thing repeatedly from doctors who are friends.

The reason emergency rooms like King-Drew are closing is because illegals use them as their primary care facility for such ailments as sore throats, etc.

Right. But the problem isn't going away and neither Presidential candidate has offered to close the borders or deport the illegals. And it's not unique to King-Drew. And illegals are not the only poor people putting a strain on emergency rooms.

LL, you're a typical lib who speaks with conviction from what you read but without experience - in this case, one would have to work in the health care business to adequately understand the issues.

I work in the health care business as I've repeatedly said in my posts on this thread...and as you would know if you could read. I talk to all those hard-working doctors and nurses on a regular basis.

30 posted on 10/24/2004 8:22:56 AM PDT by liberallarry
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