Tough questions about Jessica's transplants (Michelle Malkin)

TownHall.com ^ | 2/21/03 | Michelle Malkin

[cyborg]

Again, as I said in another thread, the hospital should send Vicente Fox the medical bills.

[July 4th]

They came here illegally by paying a coyote $5,000 to smuggle Santillan and her mother across the border for the express purpose of obtaining medical care and circumventing long wait times in Mexico.

That's interesting...all of the news stories I heard about this kid today made no mention of it. I just assumed she was American.

[bonfire]

As should every hospital every time they treat an illegal mexican.

[Texas_Jarhead]

I didn't realize they were criminal aliens... absolutely disgusting... robbing an American of needed organs... I keep waiting for the day when I will no longer be outraged and sickened the horror stories related to illegal aliens in my homeland.

[gubamyster]

ping

[Black Agnes]

Michelle ping!

[jeremiah]

I understand the father would do anything to help his daughter live, but this country must not allow access to our medical welfare programs for non citizens. Why do the Republicans fight to keep socialized medicine out of America, but make sure illegals can get the best of care..........It is worse than wrong, it is bullshit.

[cyborg]

I wonder if anyone has thought of doing that? Not politicians because they'll never do that. I mean hospitals. They're hurting for money. And most lawyers will dig their right eye out for money. What all the hospitals should do is get together a group of CPAs and do some numbers crunching. After that's done, send them a bill and if they don't pay sue them. Now if there's some charity paying for it, then fine. Most of the time a private charity won't sponsor illegals anyway.

[Thommas]

So, seriously then. Is it politically correct to assert that our National Health Care crisis could be lain at the feet of the illegal alien problem? That the reason health care in America is failing is because of the rampant funding of medical care to, what, 30 million illegal Mexicans, Chinese, and assorted South Americans?

A fair way to approach this imbalance is to demonstrate out front what the value of medical care (and legal expenses) is afforded to illegal aliens compared to the value expended by the citizenry of this country. If its more than 5% of the total paid for medical care, then this problem will never be fixed BY ANY SOCIALIST SOLUTION, but instead will bankrupt our system of affordable health care.

Darn! Protect the friggin' BORDERS and so many serious social issues will be resolved!

[kcvl]

"even sex-change operations -- to illegal aliens"

[c-b 1]

I have heard that some hospitals have found a way to get some reimbursment from Mexico, they say it is works if done properly.

[cyborg]

That's good. I knew that I didn't come up with anything new... hehe. Something is better than nothing at all.

[putupon]

robbing an American of needed organs

My brother in law was one of them, US Army active duty career officer w/ a two year old son when he got sick and died while waiting. When discussing this case w/ a co-worker today, I found out his son was another, 19 years old when he died approx 10 years ago, the man was devastated, he got all choked up. I wonder how many illegal aliens got hearts they could have used? This girl and Duke Medical Center cost two American's lives.

As for Duke, what can you expect from a university where they pay a terrorist with taxpayer dollars who bombed our Capitol building to come lecture?

[jeremiah]

The Republican party, is always speaking of the reasons not to have "free" health care. It will cause costs to soar, it will make medical care effectiveness plummet, BUT WE the taxpayers, are funding completely free medical care, for 8-15 Million people that pay much less in taxes(if any) than they take out of the govt. Where is the principle here. The Republican party speaks of getting people on welfare back to work, but there are corporations getting billions in welfare, tobacco is recipient of billions. It seems the principle is that if you are one of the working class, pay taxes and scrimp by, you are a fool. If you are a immigrant, that comes in legally, and works and pays taxes, you are a fool. Is the govt, which the Republican party is in complete control of, telling us something? Don't follow the rules? Take everthing you can, and don't feel guilty? Everyone else IS doing just that.

[Black Agnes]

Then why haven't the hospitals on the AZ/TX/CA borders heard of this magical reimbursement? Is it like...pennies on the dollar? I don't agree that something is better than nothing. I think we should deduct the amount from Mexico's foreign subsidies. Vincente would owe US big bux!

[bonfire]

I just read an article about the percentage of illegals that hospitals treat with no compensation. No wonder our insurance is so high.

[Lurker]

I hope you live a really long life, bro.

I know I won't see that day.

Semper Fi.

L

[2Smart2BLiberal]

By the time the Santillan family sues and receives a settlement from the doctors and hospital, they'll be wealthier than most American citizens.