[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Noticeably missing from the article is any indication of what burden Maryland's illegal alien population imposes on these hospitals.

[cosine]

Illegals may be a burden, but the losses caused by below cost Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements are higher.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

A special session in the lege over two hospitals?

PING!

[VeniVidiVici]

So is this an article about hospitals going out of business or about Brown using it to further his career.

I got lost reading it.

[StormEye]

"Noticeably missing from the article is any indication of what burden Maryland's illegal alien population imposes on these hospitals."

Shutting down PG County General Hospital is a disaster for the people of the county and the Washington Metro area of Maryland. Certainly the non-paying illegal alien invaders in the county are large factor in the hospital troubles. But the black welfare population of the county has been putting the greatest stress on the hospital system of the county. I especially refer to the emergency room problems of constantly having to deal with the trauma (mostly gunshot) problems, the assualt problems etc. These people are not paying anything usually.

The real trouble is where are they going to send these cases? I expect that now peaceful Howard County General, or Shady Grove Adventist, or Washington Adventist (already over run with illegals) will be forced to deal with PG County cases. Frankly, the hospital system outside Washington D.C. may be at the point of collapse. Particularly in Maryland. And PG County has been slowly circling the drain for awhile. I expect Montgomery County will start having trouble real soon.