Thread: TX: Illegal Invaders Given Preferential Health Care

Didier: Illegal Invaders Given Preferential Health Care
By Marcel R. Didier

Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas is a fairly famous institution and for a variety of reasons:


1. John F. Kennedy died there in 1963.

2. Lee Harvey Oswald died there shortly after.

3. Jack Ruby, who killed Lee Harvey Oswald, died there a few years later by coincidence.

On the flip side, Parkland is also home to the second busiest maternity ward in the country with almost 16,000 new babies arriving each year. (That’s almost 44 per day – every day).

A recent patient survey indicated that 70 percent of the women who gave birth at Parkland in the first three months of 2006 were illegal immigrants. Crikey, that’s 11,200 anchor babies born every year just in Dallas. According to the article, the hospital spent $70.7 million delivering 15,938 babies in 2004 but managed to end up with almost $8 million in surplus funding. Medicaid kicked in $34.5 million, Dallas County taxpayers kicked in $31.3 million and the feds tossed in another $9.5 million. The average patient in Parkland’s maternity wards is 25 years old, married and giving birth to her second child. She is also an illegal immigrant. By law, pregnant women cannot be denied medical care based on their immigration status or ability to pay. Ok, fine. That doesn’t mean they should receive better care than everyday, middle-class American citizens. But at Parkland Hospital, they do.

Parkland Memorial Hospital has nine prenatal clinics. NINE. The Dallas Morning News article followed a Hispanic woman who was a patient at one of the clinics and pregnant with her third child – her previous two were also born at Parkland. Her first two deliveries were free and the Mexican native was grateful because it would have cost $200 to have them in Mexico. This time, the hospital wants to pay her $10 per visit and $100 for the delivery but she was unsure if she could come up with the money. Not that it matters, the hospital won’t turn her away. (I wonder why they even bother asking at this point). How long has this been going on? What are the long-term effects? Well, another subject of the article was born at Parkland in 1986 shortly after her mother entered the U.S. illegally – now she is having her own child there as well. (That’s right, she’s technically a U.S. citizen) . These women receive free prenatal care including medication, nutrition, birthing classes and child care classes. They also get freebies such as car seats, bottles, diapers and formula.

Most of these things are available to American citizens as well but only for low-income applicants and even then, the red tape involved is almost insurmountable. Because these women are illegal immigrants they do not have to provide any sort of legitimate identification – no proof of income. An American citizen would have to provide a social security number which would reveal their annual income – an illegal immigrant need only to claim to be poor and the hospital must take them at their word. My husband is a pilot for the United States Navy (Yes, he fought in Iraq) and while the health care is good, we Navy wives don’t get any of these perks! Car seats? Diapers? Not so much. So, my question is this: Does our public medical care system treat illegal immigrants better than American citizens? Yes, it does!

Their (illegals) medical care is free – simply because they are illegal immigrants? Once again, there is no way to verify their income. Parkland Hospital offers indigent care to Dallas County earn less than $40,000 per year. (They also have to prove that they did not refuse health coverage at their current job. Yeah, the ‘free’ care is not so easy for Americans).

There are about 140 patients who received roughly $4 million for un-reimbursed medical care. As it turns out, they did not qualify for free treatment because they resided outside of Dallas County. So, the hospital is going to sue them! Illegals get it all free! But U.S. citizens who live outside of Dallas County get sued! How stupid is this?

As if that isn’t annoying enough, the illegal immigrant patients are actually complaining about hospital staff not speaking Spanish. In this AP story, the author speaks with a woman who is upset at the University of Texas Southwestern for which Parkland Hospital is the training facility will now have a Spanish language requirement added to their already jammed-packed curriculum. No other school in the country boasts such a ridiculous multi-semester (multicultural) requirement.

July 9, 2007

http://www.federalobserver.com/archive.php?aid=11738

I hate to say this - but the illegals OWN Dallas - and really have for a very long time.

It was probably 5 years ago, I saw a program asking people to contribute money or 'going home' outfits for the babies born at Parkland. In the article, they said they birthed the equivalent of a small city each year at Parkland.

About 7 or so years ago, they announced that 50% of the children starting school in DISD were HIspanic. It is probably much, much higher now.

There was always quite a few Americans of Mexican ancestry in Dallas. When we went to Dallas, we always tried to find time to go into that area to buy Mexican sweetbreads. No way would I venture there now.

It just seems so overwhelming!! How can our government turn on its own citizens like this, and worse charge them taxes for their own demise?? ICE is still not deporting Mexicans because of their OTM policy (other than Mexican). They are flying illegal convicts inland.

We only have 2 tools: the vote & boycott. Here is a list of companies that are 'corporate partners' with LA RAZA and their phone numbers. Please call and tell them you will no longer support them with your dollars:

Sears (847) 286-2500
JC Penney (972) 431-1000
Ford Motor Co. (800) 392-3673
Wal-Mart (800) 925-6278
Allstate Ins. (800) allstate
State Farm (309) 766-2311
Dell (512) 255-1684
Citicorp. (800) 285-3000
Coca-Cola (404) 515-9600
GM (313) 972-6000
Motorola (773) 722-9870
7 Eleven (214) 826-1396

close accounts at:
Washington Mutual (512) 310-7623
Wells Fargo (800) 869-3557
Bank of America (404) 264-2870