Posted on 03/15/2024 7:57:25 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra refused to explain Thursday why “hardworking Americans should pay” for foreign lawbreakers’ healthcare when grilled by Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso.
Barrasso detailed how cities are being overwhelmed by illegal immigrants draining their resources and putting a massive strain on health funds and infrastructure, noting Denver Health saw more than 20,000 illegally present foreigners seeking medical care in 2023. Denver Health is “at a critical, critical point” as costs pile up, CEO Donna Lynne said, according to Becker’s Hospital Review.
“Can you please explain why it is the responsibility of hard-working American taxpayers to foot the bill for all of this care for people, nine million now, from all across the world who have flooded their way into the United States?”
“What I could tell you is that we have extended the resources and authorities that we have at HHS to try to be there to help any healthcare facility when there is a way that we can go in to be supportive. I don’t know of a particular case that you might want to mention, but I know that we are prepared to be supportive of any facility where the authorities that you have given us allow us to go in and support,” Becerra responded.
“The federal government doesn’t pay for the health care of every legal U.S. citizen,” Barrasso shot back. “It seems like it’s in the position now of having to do it all for these illegal immigrants. Why should the American citizen be forced to pay for illegal migrants to receive this same care for free? Because that’s what’s happening.”
Becerra claimed he does not “know how particular states operate their healthcare systems” but that when Medicare or Medicaid approaches HHS “we’re ready to try to be responsible.”
“You are aware that when a hospital is inundated with people who are not paying, they have to shift the cost to the people that are paying?” Barrasso asked. “And that’s what’s happening right now, all across the country and specifically at so many of the sanctuary cities.”
Cook County Health in Chicago is among the many hospitals across the nation overrun by foreign trespassers who don’t pay for their care. Cook County Health has seen approximately 81,000 illegal immigrant visits since 2022, according to Becker’s Hospital Review.
“We see a lot of patients at Cook County Health, so just adding in all those people at one time is a bit of a stress,” Chief Medical Officer Claudia Fegan told Becker’s Hospital Review.
Socialism DUH
Easy fix...two tiered system. If you have health insurance you go to place x, say regular hospital or doctor. If you don’t have insurance or can’t pre pay for your care you go to Y which has fewer doctors, longer wait times and restrictions on what care you can receive. This notion that hospitals have to provide care no matter what is outdated and expensive to those who CAN pay. I’m sorry but healthcare is not a right, it carries costs which are paid by those who can and do pay. Stop that gravy train, whether to illegals or those who just take advantage of the system.
1. The Democrat politicians are bringing in illegals so that they will vote for them and they can continue to loot the public treasuries.
2. The communists are bringing in the illegals to cut our throats. The communists claim that they only need 3% of the population to be communist in order to overthrow a government and install communism. I used to laugh because most of our communists were university professors who got sick to their stomachs when they cut into a rare steak. They weren’t communist throat cutters. So the communist subgroup of the Democrat party has been quietly importing their illegal throat cutters.
Bekuz dey are My Peeple!!
- El Jefe Bessemecula
We need to pay so we we don’t get plauge, measles, ebola, marburg etc.
That’s how it used to be. We had a county hospital with a clinic and a pharmacy. The waits were long but you got seen. I remember how it was when I was a kid. Then they opened up all hospitals to medicaid...and doctors started taking it. I won’t go to a doc that takes medicaid.
Illegals in ny getting $139,320 per year, PLUS free healthcare, education, licenses, id’s and on and on it goes, but yeah, we taxpayers should love giving g our hard earned $$ to a group of people who won’t work (nearly 3/4 go on welfare contrary to the lie that “they just want to come here and work to make america prosperous”)
These illegal aliens have come to the US from all over the world for the express purpose of free, tax payer funded medical care for their health care.
How is this not a form of slavery.
Quotes from the Refugee Convention:
Article 23 - Public relief
The Contracting States shall accord to refugees lawfully staying in their territory the same treatment with respect to public relief and assistance as is accorded to their nationals.
Article 17 - Wage-earning employment
....
2. In any case, restrictive measures imposed on aliens or the employment of aliens for the protection of the national labour market shall not be applied to a refugee...who fulfils one of the following conditions:
(a) He has completed three years’ residence in the country;
....
(c) He has one or more children possessing the nationality of the country of residence.
Article 34 - Naturalization [and getting the right to vote (and buy AR-15s)]
The Contracting States shall as far as possible facilitate the assimilation and naturalization of refugees. They shall in particular make every effort to expedite naturalization proceedings and to reduce as far as possible the charges and costs of such proceedings.
https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/convention-relating-status-refugees
Article 44 - Denunciation [getting out from under the Refugee Convention]
1. Any Contracting State may denounce this Convention at any time by a notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
2. Such denunciation shall take effect for the Contracting State concerned one year from the date upon which it is received by the Secretary-General of the United Nations....
Place Y looks like an ideal candidate to try out all of this DEI crap.
EC
Our insurance went up from $1890 to $2370 with a 10k deductible...gotta pay for the illegals and every other person in MA to get mandated hormone therapy and sex changes. :#-(
“we’re ready to try to be responsible.” LOL! I missed that the first time through.
“Building a wall is a red herring”
“The fundamental problem is that anyone can claim asylum with zero proof, which means all of Earth can come to America.”
Elon Musk - America’s best engineering leader
Not only can they come, but the US agreed by treaty to give them the full spectrum of welfare benefits, including healthcare via Medicaid.
What should the US do? Officially exit the Refugee Convention treaty.
I paid $57.21/month for COBRA continuation coverage in 1987.
Illegals have no problem using the ER as their primary care because they have no intention of paying.
Why Americans should pay for illegals healthcare
They wimp out on everything
Trump is mean tweets?
I say the media, the culture, congress and everyone else is guilty of Wimpy tweets and Trump is normal
There is a right
There is a wrong.
If your neighbor needs help and you give it, it’s your choice and you can decide the need and your ability.
Here there are millions of people from all over.. Wanting to come here to live.
I’d like a few months in Hawai
It doesn’t matter the millions who come here.. We can’t take them!.
Just as reported.. Hospitals are overrun,. No place to put them without making citizens sacrifice. They who bring them in without any look ahead.. Are wrong!! It’s destructive all way around. And yes, it’s wrong!!
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