Thread: Are We Losing The Health Care War At The Border?

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July 28th, 2010 2:14 PM Eastern
Are We Losing the Health Care War at the Border?
by Dr. Manny Alvarez

You bet. Recently I wrote a blog about the dangers the influx of illegal immigrants could pose to the health of the American public. Many people criticized me, and some even called me racist.

Well, I couldn’t disagree more. First and foremost, I was simply stating the facts, and the data clearly show that public health policies in many parts of this country are broken and out of control. But aside from the spread of communicable diseases once eradicated in this country, there is the problem of overcrowding in emergency rooms and the budget deficit states are seeing from handing out medical care with no reimbursement.

So to back up my comments, I want to provide some examples of how illegal immigration and the influx of undocumented people to this country are having a detrimental effect on our health care system.

In April, 2003, Michael Janofsky wrote an article entitled “Burden Grows for Southwest Hospitals.â€

Doctors at hospitals that are footing the bill for these kinds of treatments have expressed their concern over being financially strained by following the law to treat those who are breaking it.

Ah, the hypocrisy of it all... The doctors and hospitals must go broke giving away "free" health care to illegal immigrants. There's some of that redistribution of wealth the President favors...