[RFEngineer]

"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?"

I think we just completed the socialization of medicine...

Another angle....if the reimbursement is high enough, hospitals will compete for their "business".......

This takes a significant issue away from those who oppose illegal immigration - if hospitals get paid, they won't close, and this issue won't be used to oppose Bush's illegal immigration policy

[Serenissima Venezia]

This takes a significant issue away from those who oppose illegal immigration - if hospitals get paid, they won't close, and this issue won't be used to oppose Bush's illegal immigration policy

This is true. But we can still complain about the source of the money - us taxpayers! And that Mexico should be doing the reimbursing, not us.