[azhenfud]

"It's not that the hospitals close because they have too many illegals, it's because they don't have enough rich folk."

Our local hospital just implemented a policy that requires even the insured patient put down $250 before treatment. You know why? Too many indigent and illegal, uninsured hitting the hospital up without paying and so EVERYONE must bear their costs.

But you know what? If I had to use their services, I wouldn't pay it. Know why? Guess how many illegals have to put it up? Guess how much of the hospital's operating budget is for "indigent" care? Now guess exactly who pays THAT bill? IMO, I've already paid it once.

[bayourod]

"Guess how much of the hospital's operating budget is for "indigent" care? "

Give me the name of the hospital and I'll ask them. Some of the very best (if not THE very best) hospitals in America are required to accept a certain percentage of indigents.

The Texas Attorney General had to get onto the largest and best hospital in Houston for not devoting enough resources to indigent care. And people from all over the world fly their private jets to Houston to go to that hospital.

Hospitals don't close because they have too many patients, they close because they don't have enough good paying patients. Don't blame the poor, blame the rich who go elsewhere.

[Churchillspirit]

Having gone through the immigration process legally it irks me that these illegals are here without any check on their health - a physical exam is part of the legal process.

No wonder the hospitals are full of them.