Thread: Care Of Illegals Needn't Color Health Debate

Hispanics make up 15% of the population, but a study published earlier this year by the New America Foundation found that they were responsible for a little more than 24% of the uncompensated care in emergency rooms in 2004. This compares with more than 56% for whites.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographi ... ted_States
The U.S. population's distribution by race and ethnicity in 2006 was as follows:[32][33]

Total population: 299 million
White alone: 74% or 221.3 million
Not including the 23.2 million White Hispanic and Latino Americans: 66% or 198.1 million
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, of any race: 14.8% or about 44.3 million

The author is only mentioning certain statistics that can make this article more favorable to illegals.
Whites don't pay ERs more than 50% of the time, but whites make up over 70% of the population.

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