Thread: Hospital Complains About Illegal Immigrants

Hospital complains about illegal immigrants

By Phil Galewitz | Thursday, June 12, 2008, 09:52 AM


When Martin Memorial Medical Center administrator Carol Plato testified in Tallahassee in April about the impact of illegal immigrants on her hospital, the meeting was attended by fewer than 50 people and got scant attention in the media.

But Plato’s two-minute testimony to the House Committee on State Affairs is making big waves on YouTube. A video of her testimony has received more than 360,000 hits on YouTube as well as hundreds of comments. See it here.

Plato said illegal immigrants are costing the Stuart hospital millions in unpaid bills. Because they are not U.S. citizens, the illegal residents don’t qualify for government assistance programs.

In her testimony, Plato said one illegal immigrant from Guatemala racked up a $1.5 million bill from 2001 to 2003 before the hospital paid to send him back to his country. Since then, the hospital has spent $250,00 fighting a lawsuit from his family for returning him. The case is pending in Martin County Court.

Martin Memorial for the past two years has been treating a brain damaged illegal immigrant from Mexico.

Hospital spokesman Scott Samples estimates half of the hospital’s 2,170 births last year were to illegal immigrants.

The hospital tries to report the illegal immigrants to federal authorities but get little response, Plato says


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what a total dereliction of responsibility from our government and what a gross manipulation and downright thievery from illegal immigrants on us taxpayers.

Half of the births. One small city experiencing 50% illegal immigrant births.

Put them ALL on a bus and send them back. What a travesty.

Free healthcare, free schooling.

Mexico doesn't need socialism, they have it all here in America - and even better, they don't pay for sh*t.

HOw about sending the brain damaged illegal immigrant back to Mexico for care? American should not be responsible for expensive care for illegal immigrants. They should be deported no matter how serious their illenss. Stabilize them and ship them back to their home country.

What we need is for a Federal Judge, or some kind of Federal High Court, to rule that the Federal Government should compensate hospitals who are forced to treat illegals who cannot foot the bill. This kind of law would have saved 84 California hospitals from closing down.

If our Federal Government is forced to shell out billions of dollars to hospitals who should be reimbursed, they might learn to make a stronger effort to enforce immigration laws that are already on the books.

Originally Posted by sunlandbob

What we need is for a Federal Judge, or some kind of Federal High Court, to rule that the Federal Government should compensate hospitals who are forced to treat illegals who cannot foot the bill. This kind of law would have saved 84 California hospitals from closing down.

If our Federal Government is forced to shell out billions of dollars to hospitals who should be reimbursed, they might learn to make a stronger effort to enforce immigration laws that are already on the books.

The government won't care, they'll just pass the costs onto American taxpayers as they have been doing. I say let the employers of those illegals get hit with paying the bills, you'll see how fast they refuse to hire illegal aliens after that.

yeah and I CANT get MEDICAL CARE for all my aling problems.
I cant not see a doctor, because I dont have health care, my husband
makes tooooooooo much, only 1800.00 a month for both of us.
I have a bad heart, have to go on disability, I cant go to the doctors
for my heart. And I am an AMERICAN citizen, and all the ILLEGALS
get FREE health care they go to the emergency room.

:P

Just boggles the mind doesn't it???

Whenever I hear storys like this...it never ceases to blow me away.
What the hell happened to our country?

Originally Posted by sunlandbob

What we need is for a Federal Judge, or some kind of Federal High Court, to rule that the Federal Government should compensate hospitals who are forced to treat illegals who cannot foot the bill. This kind of law would have saved 84 California hospitals from closing down.

If our Federal Government is forced to shell out billions of dollars to hospitals who should be reimbursed, they might learn to make a stronger effort to enforce immigration laws that are already on the books.

The you know who fits that bill? US we get it right in the KISSER with higher TAXES, and HIGHER GAS bills. Thank you mr and mrs taxpaying
AMERICANS.