[blackdog]

How about billing the illegals themselves?

[Eagles6]

This is sick. I believe that there is no difference between the parties on this issue. We worked hard to give the Republicans power to do our will and now they pee in our ear and tell us it's rain. I will no longer work for a Republican. My time will be better invested in a third party candidate who will have the leverage to get something done. THIS IS BS.

[conshack]

$1 Billion will only be a good start to pay this bill. Based on everything that I read, it won't even cover California's costs.
The government has abdicated it's responsibility to secure our borders and we, the taxpayer will pay for a long time to come.

[South40]

Health care providers can charge the government for emergency care provided to illegal aliens beginning Tuesday.

So the taxpayers' get stiffed instead of the individual health care provider? How about charge the criminals who came her "only to work" and who send 80% of their earnings back to Mexico? My guess is they can't get free health care back home, so why here?

The closest hospital to my home had to close its doors years ago due to the millions lost each year treating the CRIMINALS WHO HAVE ENTERED THIS COUNTRY ILLEGALLY!

[truthkeeper]

Maybe the rest of the country will finally wake up and see that this is not only California's problem, now that they're PAYING for it.

[conshack]

Vincente must be pleased with this decision. Guess the next push will be to get the sick and disabled to illegally immigrate to the USA.

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

If an illegal shows up at a hospital, I'll be ready to immediately transport it to the border.

[monkeywrench]

Another subsidy...

[sangoo]

Hey! Lets all vote Republican next time so we can get some common sense back in the government. Right.

[Euro-American Scum]

The Federal government -- underwriting cheap labor wherever and in whatever form it may be found.

[freedumb2003]

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Nyner nyner nyner!!!

[beaelysium]

They have taken over. We are the slaves, the illegals are our overlords.

[gubamyster]

ping

[spectre]

How many ILLEGAL alien "emergency room" visits are truly emergencies?

I can't wait till I go there for a REAL emergency, and be told I have to suffer for hours because the place is already half full of ILLEGALS getting free treatment.

Oh joy, joy.

[mmercier]

"It seems to me that if the federal government has abdicated its responsibility for immigration enforcement, then it's responsible for making those jurisdictions whole," said Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, a think tank based in Washington

Ya what a good plan. Citizens want the boarder controlled and the government won't do this; therefore charge the citizens to pay for the illegals and there is no longer a problem...

I have a problem with this, but see why there are those who think this is a peachie idea. This is simply an attempt to diffuse the most visible problem people have with illegal immigration.. the huge number of local hospitals run into bankruptcy by illegals.

Take Medicare money from citizens and give it to illegals; makes sense until this program calcifies (which it surely will) and direct income tax extracted from payrolls starts to automatically increase as Mexico moves here one person at a time.

Why not give the billion dollars to the boarder control
effort every year... Someone slap me, I'm starting to have visions or grandeur.

[The Duke]

So, somebody help me out here. Does this mean if I learn to speak Spanish and don't take my billfold that I get free health care?

[Natural Law]

Geez, do I have to sneak in to get a break?

[ken21]

1. after 7 years of paying into blue cross i got stuck with $33,000.00 of hospital bills. now i have no health insurance.

2. i just got admitted to grad school, and classified as out-of-state. meanwhile, the children of illegals get in-state tuition.

[Ethrane]

While I agree that this a BAD idea, the question is, if the government REQUIRES hospitals and health-care providers to provide care to these individuals without regard to their ability to pay, shouldn't they then pick up the tab?

How would you all like it if you owned a business, the government compelled you to provide these people services, and then you went reimbursed?

[AZHua87]

Did you see this?