Thread: IL Gov. takes the side of IA over hospital

Appartently the English media hasn't posted this on any website.

TRANSLATED FROM:
http://www.hoyinternet.com/noticias/loc ... 9265.story

Governor accuses Hospital of violating the Law.


Illinois -- Governor Rod Blagojevich accused the hospital of the University of Illinois in Chicago of "violating the law" upon refusing an undocumented boy, that enjoys the medical insurance All Kids, the access to a kidney transplant that would be able to save his life.

In an emphatic way, Blagojevich said, during a press conference last Wednesday and in Spanish the following: "Medical insurance for all children means medical insurance for all children", and indicated that all, with disregard to their status or their parents status, they have the right to health care benefits under the law that establishes medical insurance All Kids.

"And if the University of Illinois in Chicago is rejecting this boy, it is violating the law, and we are going to work to make sure they (the hospital) comply with what the law says", he added.

His statement refers to the case of Omar Castillo, a Mexican undocumented boy of 18 years of age (that would make him an adult) , whose mother and brothers were deportedand who since three years ago receives dialysis.

Before Blagojevich's statement, Sherri McGuinnis-González, spokesman for the hospital of the University of Illinois in Chicago, said that by rules of confidentiality they could not comment on the specific case of Omar. Nevertheless, "I can say that the organ transplants imply post-operation medical care whose cost can reach up to $30.000 a year and we have to assure us that the patients guarantee that they will continue with the medical indications for life".

McGuinnis said that this implies an exhaustive evaluation of the patient's potential. "If he does not qualify, we have a department that can help him explore alternative resource sources or private funds, and if there is an undocumented patient, he can still have a transplant if he has the necessary funds for his treatment and post operating care".

Her statements confirm has is expressed by the Division of Transplants of that hospital to Hoy obtained by means of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) from June of the present year, where it indicated that "the transplant program will not examine, register or proceed whith a transplant of an undocumented immigrant".

In the cited document it adds that "The hospital will not carry out transplants to undocumented immigrants or foreign resident that do not qualify for health insurance ".


According to the regulations of All Kids, established by governor Blagojevich and initiated officially in July of 2006, the program provides integral medical insurance to all the children without importance to his family income, legal status or health condition.

Annie Thompson, spokesman for the Health Care Department and Family Services of Illinois (DHFS), declared to Hoy that "we want to emphasize that All Kids is for 'all children' (…) DHFS aid is for the hard-working families of Illinois to obtain health coverage so they can be healthy and that includes coverage of procedures for organ transplats".

At the same time he adds: "Nevertheless, to provide those services remains the discretion of the hospitals, and corresponds to the doctors to decide who is eligible for an organ transplant procedure".


Castillo, who will turn 19 years of age on August 9, will continue to receive services by means of All Kids until he turns 21.

The youth expressed that his desire is to enjoy the same opportunity of Govani Muñoz, a latin American youth of West Chicago who also is the beneficiary of All Kids, and managed to ge a kidney donated by his mother, in that hospital, and who now enjoys good health.

"It was a miracle of God", said Lucia Ã

So why am I paying for health insurance if my children can get free medical help in Chicago. Do you have to be in school after age 18 to get free medical insurance?

Freebies for illegals

If the rest of his family was deported why is he still here ?

He can go home and have the operation,these people have no shame and expect taxpayers to foot the bill and act as if we are the only country who has hospitals.

That kidney should go to an American Citizen who has been waiting for a transplant !!

Why doesn't he go to Mexico for his transplant? Let them pay for it.

As for "All Kids" insurance, this is exactly why I am against the program. They do not exclude kids because of citizenship status. Our governor has literally rolled out the welcome mat for illegals here. We will be another California in a matter of a few short years. Illinois finances are in really bad shape and you can't tell me that providing medical service, insurance, and food stamps for illegals and their kids isn't most of the reason for our state's budget being a total mess. Do we even need to talk about education costs? It costs roughly $10K per kid for public schools to fund a kid for one year. There is NO WAY that their parents are contributing that much to our economy.

This story needs to be reported on the English speaking stations.

They JUST started this All Kids program.....I doubt a dime was contributed to the cause before he shows up for a transplant. Not one dime of federal money would go to cover this.....for illegals it is 100% the state taxpayers who fund this...... and this state is broke.

Put it this way.....All Kids started earlier, but this last wave of sign ups was the first time I heard illegals qualified for it.

If Blago is so concerned, let him fund it.

Yet this lousy guy is wanting to cut funds for nursing homes and disabled children for citizens. Boy this makes my blood boil.

How come La RAZA, LULAC, MALDEF aren't out there paying for this? Why don't they donate some of their millions of dollars in public/private donations to help one of their own? You never hear of them doing any charitable direct donations like this.....this "kid" is an adult and he can get the treatment in either Mexico or here...the issue is he doesn't have a right to make Illinois taxpayers pay for the treatment or stiff us with the bill. Why isn't the Mexican consulate or the "hometown Mexican" associations collecting funds to help this guy out?

Deport the illegal is the only answer "always".

No government in the world would pay for my hospital bills without insurance.