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    Hospital policy could scare off illegals

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    Hospital Policy Could Drive Illegal Immigrants Away, Some Say

    POSTED: 7:44 pm EDT August 23, 2005

    RALEIGH, N.C. -- Close to 150,000 people walk into WakeMed's emergency room each year seeking help. The hospital treats everyone regardless of ability to pay or immigration status.

    Federico van Gelderen, who publishes the Que Pasa Newspaper in Raleigh, believes more questions could mean more illegal immigrants shying away from needed health care.

    "They seek services. They're in need and we're going to provide it," said Debbie Laughery, a spokeswoman for WakeMed. "We are not a policing agency. We never will be."

    With that philosophy WakeMed wrote off nearly $100 million in uncompensated charity care this past year. UNC and Duke Hospitals provided just under $50 million each in free care and Rex Hospital provided $24.8 million in free health care.

    Hospitals say they cannot account for how much of that spending is taken up by treating illegal immigrants, but say they are exploring a new billion-dollar federal program to help offset the cost.

    "For us to continue to do our work, we need to get reimbursed where we can," Laughery said. WakeMed stands to gain about $400,000 for participating.

    The catch -- emergency room staff must ask a series of relatively vague questions about a patient's residency status.

    The fact is that hospitals such as WakeMed already ask some of those same questions. They qualify for emergency Medicaid money if they treat undocumented pregnant women and children.

    But Federico van Gelderen, who publishes the Que Pasa Newspaper in Raleigh, believes that no matter the intent, the more questions there are, the higher the chances that more illegal immigrants will shy away from needed care.

    "That can lead to deportation," van Gelderen said. "That will lead a lot of families that are now in place here without going to the hospital -- and those kids really need to have a health care plan."

    According to a 2000 census, the majority of immigrants moving to North Carolina are from Mexico. The next-largest groups are from India, Germany and Canada.

    North Carolina Sen. Hugh Webster, R-Caswell County, an advocate for tougher immigration laws, believes questions should come with care.

    "But we have the right -- we're spending taxpayers' money -- to ask them questions about their legal status," Webster said.

    So, why the questions? Webster believes any information should be turned over to immigration officers.

    Hospital officials say, however, that will not happen. They see the information only as a way to help the government keep track of immigrants' impact on the healthcare system. They have no intention of turning in anyone because of residency status.
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    About this story it was a hot topic early this morning on Fox. I don't know her name, but the Blonde Anchor woman. This morning said. I bet the ACLU will get involved and Then she said I know what. Let the ACLU pay there medical bills. I thought at that moment she must have been reading my mind.
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    "That can lead to deportation," van Gelderen said. "That will lead a lot of families that are now in place here without going to the hospital --
    BINGO! Music to the ears of the U.S. taxpayers funding this fiasco.


    and those kids really need to have a health care plan."
    TO DAMN BAD...go to the back of the line! Millions and millions of American citizens "need to have a health care plan" YOU MORON! How is it that illegal aliens "that are in place here" are entitled to taxpayer funded charity (100% free health care) while millions of uninsured U.S. citizens have liens placed against their homes when THEY are unable to pay their hospital bills?!?!

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    added to the homepage..

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    Senator Hugh Webster, my employer at the GA will be going on WPTF out of Raleigh next Tuesday Aug. 30 at 7:10am to discuss this on the air.

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    Many Americans are

    Sick


    and need medical assistance



    And are mad that they can’t get it while those who enter the country illegally get all they need.



    And We will not back down from this fight until we gain control over illegal immigration.

    I stay current on Americans for Legal Immigration PAC's fight to Secure Our Border and Send Illegals Home via E-mail Alerts (CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP)

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