Thread: Calif. Hospitals Spend $1.25 Bil On Illegal Immigrants

Calif. Hospitals Spend $1.25 Bil On Illegal Immigrants

Last Updated: Tue, 07/05/2011 - 11:53am

While the Obama Administration halts deportations to work on its secret amnesty plan, http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2011/ ... th-amnesty hospitals across the U.S. are getting stuck with the exorbitant tab of medically treating illegal immigrants and some are finally demanding compensation from the federal government.

The group that represents most of the nation’s hospitals and medical providers recently urged President Obama to work with Congress to reimburse them for the monstrous cost of treating illegal immigrants. Federal law requires facilities to “treat and stabilize individualsâ€

The hospitals have a large portion of the blame - they do not treat and stabilize, they provide total care to illegals who are not really unstable - a cold, etc. I have seen a pregnant woman sign in the ER for a check up on a Sunday afternoon because her baby's father is probably working other times and it is convenient for them to have 24 hour service.

She should have been shown the exit door and told to go to her OB for a check up or the county Health Department. And those with problems not extreme enough for ERs should be sent to urgent care clinics. If they don't have the money then too bad.

Prenatal care for illegals is taxpayer funded most of the time. This is non-emergency care that is provided to them with no questions asked. The records are then forwarded to the hospital in preparation for the birth of the new anchor child. The anchor baby situation as it exists today is a result of providing billions of dollars of free non emergency care to people with no regard to their legal status in this country.

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Illegals Cost Calif. Hospitals $1.25 Billion Annually
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