It was NOT trial lawyers that caused one of only two trauma centers in Tucson, Arizona to close down. The trauma centers in Tucson serve all of southern Arizona, a now there is only one. Why? I'm sure that you can guess. The trauma center at Tucson Medical Center was inundated with illegal aliens and other criminal invaders. These criminals had not means to pay, but the hospital was forced to treat them. The hospital could not afford it so they closed the trauma center down.
There is only one trauma center left in Tucson. It operates at the University Medical Center. It may have to close down too because now they must handle ALL of the criminal invaders in southern Arizona who require trauma treatment.
If that trauma center closes, that will mean that residents of southern Arizona will have to travel all the way to the Phoenix area for critical emergency treatment. That additional 30-minute helicopter ride or 2-hour ambulance ride will KILL PEOPLE. Many will not be able to survive that long. From my border community, it takes an hour to an hour and a half to reach the nearest trauma center in Tucson by vehicle. By helicopter, it is less than 30 minutes. If that trauma center closes, it will more than double the time it takes for residents of this community to make it to a trauma center. PEOPLE WILL DIE BECAUSE OF THIS. It is a very real situation. The Federal Government is throwing your money and that of every other taxpayer in the country at the problem. Federal money does make it to the hospital to cover SOME of the costs of treating the illegal aliens. But it is not enough and it shouldn't be happening anyway.
In addition, the Copper Queen Hospital in Bisbee, Arizona has had to close its maternity wing. Was it because of trial lawyers? No. Bisbee is only a few miles from the border. The hospital there was inundated with illegal alien women hoping to drop an anchor baby in the U.S. They would wait until the last minute, get across the border and get to the hospital either by their own means or by Border Patrol. The hospital was going broke delivering these babies for free and the Federal funds to pay for SOME of the treatment was not sufficient. This is similar to the Southeast Arizona Medical Center in Douglas, Arizona. No maternity care, no delivery room. The entire southeast corner of the state of Arizona is covered by the Sierra Vista Regional Health Center in Sierra Vista, AZ. How long do you think they can handle the load? All of my children were born there. Imagine if the closest hospital delivery room was over an hour a way or more if I lived near Douglas, AZ. My wife would not have made it to the hospital for two of our four children. One had the umbilical cord tightly wrapped around his neck. Would he have survived the trip?
This is the situation on the ground. You can pretend that it is trial lawyers that are solely to blame for health care problems, but those of us who live here, on the border, know the truth. The problems we face here on these issues are the fault of the criminal invaders, those who hire them, those who enable them, and those who refuse to seal the border. I can never expect you to come over to our side on this issue, but I do with that you would just STFU about stuff you know so little about but over which you are more than happy to make a fool of yourself.
Huh trying to cover for the slimeballs(trial lawyers). Hope you get a good kickback.
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