Posted on 05/03/2008 7:07:59 AM PDT by kellynla
It is this reporter’s opinion that, after covering the invasion by illegal aliens over the past 40 years, it is difficult to find a story such as that related by Anna Gorman of the Los Angeles Times concerning illegal alien Ana Puente.
“Ana was an infant with a liver disorder when her aunt brought her illegally to the U.S. to seek medical care,” said Gorman.
The child underwent two liver transplants at UCLA Medical Center as a small child in 1989, and a third in 1998 — all totally paid for by the state of California.
Now it is reported that Puente has turned 21 and is due for another transplant. But she has aged out of her state-funded health insurance and is unable to continue to receive treatment at UCLA.
Her liver is failing again with her clinical course irreversible. Now we learn of a little-known option for a patient with certain healthcare needs such as hers.
Gorman says that if Puente notifies U.S. Citizenship and Immigration services that she is in the country illegally, state health officials may grant her full Medi-Cal coverage.
Puente has done so and has had her benefits restored. She currently awaits a fourth transplant at UCLA.
Puente shrugs this off saying UCLA should take care of her for the rest of her life, “because I’ve been there since I was a baby.”
With examples such as this, is it any wonder America faces financial bankruptcy with hospitals all over the nation closing while hardworking taxpayers pick up the cost?
Should illegals be the recipient of expensive transplant surgery? The tremendous cost of transplant surgery such as a liver transplant amounts to one-half million dollars, with additional post operative medical care, including the cost of anti-rejection medications, costing an estimate $30,000 annually.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
Stand by your views, you have every right. However, you have yet to show me where have I said what you have accused me I have stated but instead you have reacted and arrived at your own assertions about my stand. Deal with the cause, my friend, not the effect. This is when we will stop having illegals and deal with their ill effect due to their presence.
Cheers!
And again, I will point out that you raised issue with my being on a transplant committee because I believe that immigration status should be a factor in determining who gets these sorts of operations. If you want to repudiate what you wrote, that's fine too. But what other possible conclusion is someone supposed to reach when you say such a thing?
Mexico has doctors and hospitals. It’s time they spent their resources on improving their health care, instead of depending on US
The arrogant assertion that UCLA should take care of her for the rest of her life is detestable.
California deserves to go broke.
No, the way I understood it, it is some sort of lottery draw of sorts and/or a revolving waiting list for any type of transplants.Therefore after 2 transplants, she should be back in line like everybody else! Period! No special treatment whatsoever!
CA is inundated with illegal aliens because the present and past presidential administrations and bureaucracies have failed miserably to enforce the immigration laws and secure the borders, you say “California deserves to go broke” borders on moronic...I don't know where you learned logic but you need to return and get a refund. And from your screen-name, newbie, if you are actually a TN teacher, I feel sorry for your students!LMAO
Is this the same old fellow who used to have his own radio show?!
Yes. He still has a 2-hour local show.
Which one is that, if you don't mind. I like to listen to the ol'man. he is ...what, about 100 by now?!!!
I don’t think I’d question another’s logic or professional competence over a simple difference of opinion, especially while using such fractured syntax.
By the way, newbie or not, I think (opinion only) that sanctuary status invites attendant economic burdens.
For the record, I teach my debate team that ad hominem attack is fallacious logic that usually, and should, result in a loss.
I don’t think that I would question another’s logic or professional competence over a simple difference of opinion, especially while using such fractured syntax.
By the way, newbie or not, I believe (opinion only) that sanctuary status invites attendant economic burdens.
For the record, I teach my debate team that ad hominem attack is fallacious logic that often, and should, result in a loss.
“difference of opinion?”
I repeat:
CA is inundated with illegal aliens because the present and past presidential administrations and bureaucracies have failed miserably to enforce the immigration laws and secure the borders, you say “California deserves to go broke”
if you think that’s just a “difference of opinion” then you have a lot more problems than just “logic” deficiency!
‘if you think that’s just a “difference of opinion” ‘. . .
I do. It is my opinion that any individual or government who does not exercise fiscal restraint and responsibility invites and deserves economic woes.
My opinion. I do not begrudge yours.
The federal bureaucracy has not enforced existing law, but states have some limited power. Becoming sanctuaries surely isn’t the only response. However, if the voters within a state elect to designate their state as a sanctuary, they agree to take on a greater tax burden.
The majority of cities and towns here in California are not actually "sanctuary cities".
Furthermore, the Ninth Circuit struck down the DHS's attempt to go after firms/companies that hire illegals,- via the "no match letters" (SSN's). This would have allowed employers to actually verify an individual's current immigration status. Absolutely ridiculous.
The problem with illegals will have to be solved through joint efforts between the Feds and the individual states.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.