Re: Source of information?
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Originally Posted by artclam
Where does Mr. Rueben get this figures from? Do Florida hospitals ask their patients if they are illegal aliens? Do Florida hospitals fully treat indigent patients because of state law or do they do so voluntarily? In New Jersey the law requires hospitals to fully treat indigent patients which has put several into bankruptcy. I suspect most of these indigent patients are IAs but have no way of knowing for sure. This drives up the cost of health care for those who are able to pay because the hospitals have no recourse except to charge more to make up the difference. Its like puttting a tax on hospital care. This isnt' the same in all states; in Pennsylvania, for example, hospitals are only required to stabilize indigent patients.
Hospitals know as they ask for a SSN and illegals don't have it unless they stolen or fake ID. They also may have a TIN. Tourists will say so and often have health insurance while out of the country. Often times illegals will say they are so they don't try to get any money from them. They also know that the hospital won't call ICE.
Re: Illegal Aliens Cost Floirda Hospitals $100 Million
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Originally Posted by keekee
Copperman says hospitals can't let them die on the street. That is something hospitals won't allow.
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A good friend of mine in Florida has been observing illegal aliens from Cuba and ALL OVER South America get FREE medical on the dole in Florida for DECADES.
All they have to do is fly into Miami, Int'l, take a taxi, and tell they taxi driver they are having a heart attack.
Thirty minutes later they are admitted for whatever surgeries they couldn't get back home, at public American expense.
They get well, then go back home.
Ongoing for decades. All the politicians from the Senate to the Congress to the local PD and hospital administrators get paid to look the other way.
Re: Illegal Aliens Cost Floirda Hospitals $100 Million
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Originally Posted by HAPPY2BME
A good friend of mine in Florida has been observing illegal aliens from Cuba and ALL OVER South America get FREE medical on the dole in Florida for DECADES.
I remember an article I read back in the late 90's about "foreigners" flying into NYC airports and going directly to the hospital that specialized in their ailment.
They did their research beforehand and knew how to work the system to receive the treatment they needed on American taxpayers dime!
I've searched for that article more than once but can't seem to find it.