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In TIME’S “WHO LEFT THE DOOR OPEN?” September 12, 2004, journalists Barlett and Steele exposed the ugly side of this invasion.
“The plight of Jim Dickson, a hospital administrator in Bisbee, Arizona summed it up in one image,” Barlett wrote. “It’s an ambulance that pulls into Copper Queen Hospital and discharges illegal aliens injured in an auto accident. The border patrol officers on orders from Washington refused to take them onto the property. Instead, the officers call an ambulance for the injured so the U.S. Government won’t be responsible for hospital costs. Instead, Dickson’s hospital gets stiffed.”
In 2003, 77 border state hospitals spiraled into bankruptcy. Instead of putting troops on the borders to stop the invasion, Arizona Senators McCain and Kyle added a $1.4 billion bailout rider onto a Medicaid bill. Instead of doing their jobs, they made taxpayers vomit their hard-earned money into paying for the invasion’s consequences. Result? It wasn’t enough. Three Los Angeles area hospitals bankrupted already this year. Dickson’s small hospital lost $1.4 million in the past three years. “The more free care we give,” he said, “the more we have to ration what’s left.”
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Please don't confuse Dane with the truth. Anything outside her assigned talking points throws her off her game.