Posted on 07/05/2011 12:37:26 PM PDT by jazusamo
While the Obama Administration halts deportations to work on its secret amnesty plan, hospitals across the U.S. are getting stuck with the exorbitant tab of medically treating illegal immigrants and some are finally demanding compensation from the federal government.
The group that represents most of the nation’s hospitals and medical providers recently urged President Obama to work with Congress to reimburse them for the monstrous cost of treating illegal immigrants. Federal law requires facilities to “treat and stabilize individuals” regardless of their immigration status, but federal support for the services remains “virtually nonexistent,” according to a letter submitted by the American Hospital Association to the president.
This week officials in California, the state with the largest concentration of illegal immigrants, joined the call for federal compensation after revealing that hospitals there spend about $1.25 billion annually to care for illegal aliens. The figure skyrocketed from $1.05 billion in 2007, according to California Hospital Association figures quoted in a local news report.
The problem will only get worst, according to officials, who say the $1.25 billion for 2010 could actually be higher. They complain that federal law forces them to treat patients in emergency rooms regardless of immigration status yet they get stuck with the financial burden. This has forced many hospitals to curtail services or close beds and could ultimately compromise healthcare.
Nationwide, U.S. taxpayers spend tens of billions of dollars annually to provide free medical care for illegal immigrants with states that border Mexico taking the biggest hit. Adding to the problem is the fact that Mexico, the country that provides the largest amount of illegal immigrants in the U.S., has long promoted America’s generous public health centers. It even operates a Spanish-language program (Ventanillas de Salud, Health Windows) in about a dozen U.S. cities that refers its nationals—living in the country illegally—to publicly funded health centers where they can get free medical care without being turned over to immigration authorities.
Dude, there are millions of good solid conservatives here in Calif. Don't lump us all in with those knucklehead idiots.
Might I remind you that the Forum you just posted that on is owned and run by a California conservative?
TO HELL WITH CALIFORNIA AND EVERYONE IN IT. ENOUGH OF THIS OFF-THE-WALL INSANITY THAT IS CALIFORNIA AND CALIFORNIANS. May they go broke, and quick, and get no support from the U.S. government.
The solution is pretty simple.
California should seize all Mexican assets and hold them in escrow pending payment from the sovereign state of Mexico
My daughter went to the ER in January to get something for her terrible coughing due to bronchitis. Saw the doc for 20 minutes. Bill for said doc is $1,300, even after the Blue Shield adjustment.
So then, I can safely say you won’t be donating to the Freepathon?
We get nothing but more and more misery from supporting these citizens of other countries, we need to put an end to it at any cost.
AND NO MORE AMNESTIES!
Yep, very sad. Those ripoffs are where Hospitals are recouping part of the cost of treating illegals.
You go to the hospital, check your bill for “indigent treatment”.
I belileve this goes to pay for people who come to the hospital who cannot afford treatment.
Would hate to think we are paying twice.
And yet, the media can’t figure out why hospital costs keep rising, and demand, and shill for, OBAMACARE...
That's what I was getting at. Just last week I had a freeper give me the 'We have to legalize them because we cant deport them all' straw man argument that was popular with Republicans 2007. So I laid out examples of how the Federal government could get them to stop lining up for free-bees.
Excellent point, BG. :-)
Maybe they'll reconsider and check post #11.
Vote-crazed Obama is sucking up to illegals bigtime.
Obama has done everything to get latino votes but don a sombrero and do the Mexican hat dance on the WH lawn.
>Hey Caleefornia—suck it! You put OweBama in office, get used to your shackles.<
Dude, we’re not all Obama leg-tinglers here. I didn’t vote for Moonbeam and neither do mexifornians who donate the most to FR. We are outnumbered by illegals and a-hole Dems.
There are urgent care facilities for just this kind of thing - far cheaper than ER visits. Did you contact your PCF? Normally they have an on-call nurse that can also provide information and directions on how to handle things - again cheaper and without tying up the ER.
Naaaa...peeps who foam at the mouth like that don’t reconsider a thing.
I checked and he/she’s not even flying his state flag. Probably embarrassed..
:)
He couldnt get all the Senate Dems to go out on a limb and vote for the Dream Act (late last year) without RINO defectors to give them cover. .
He already has the donkey routine down. I won't go into explicit detail...
Ping!
” Obama has done everything to get latino votes but don a sombrero and do the Mexican hat dance on the WH lawn. “
He will do this in September ;-)
” I won’t go into explicit detail... “
Might be fun!
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