[purkinje]

The illegal aliens already get free heath care in California at taxpayer expense. I am a UCLA med school graduate, now practicing in Nevada. when I worked in an ER setting it was not unusual for critically ill patients to show up in the ER from Mexico with their records translated into English . Mexican citizens would show up in chronic renal failure and eventually get put on chronic dialysis/ Medi-cal to the tune of $36000.00 per year.
Last year I visited a clinic at LA County USC to observe their physicians give BOTOX injections to patients with spasticity and dystonia. Out of the 20 patients that showed up that day only one guy had insurance but because no one bothered to even contact the insurance company ( this guy was not even a California resident) they didn't get paid. The drug is idiotically expensive ( ie $400.00/ 1cc) and the MD's there gave it out indescriminately.One lady drove up to the clinic I recall from central Mexico to get her shots, she at least "paid" for her thousands of dollars of medications with some home made tamales that she brought for the doctors. The taxpayers of California spend perhaps $250,000 on this one clinic that meets once a month based on my observations. If this guy at Blue Cross has his way, think how much health care will cost once it's free.

[bayareablues]

This makes me physically ill. I just cannot believe that elected officials have so little disregard for the working people of this country. California is careening off of the planet. A study of what can happen on a national scale if the Democrats ever get control of the executive and the legislative branches.