Thread: Mexican-Style Medicine

Mexican-style medicine

Richard Sanchez, a 23-year-old Mexican who was adopted by a Kansas couple when he was a child, visited his country of birth in September to meet his birth family. Unfortunately, while at the family’s ranch in Chihuahua City, he fell 40 feet from a cliff and badly injured his head. He had just changed jobs, and had no health insurance. His family took him to the hospital but doctors would not treat him because they had no assurance of payment. A second hospital kept him on life support for three days before he died. He might have lived if he had received immediate treatment.

According to a Mexican consul, it is not unusual for Mexican hospitals to refuse uninsured patients. “In general, Mexican hospitals will not start treating patients without some prepayment of the estimated charges or some sort of evidence of how the person plans to make payments, even in life-threatening cases.” The State Department warns that Mexican doctors are likely to charge foreigners more than locals and to charge for services not rendered. [Chris Strunk, Newton Man Finds Tragedy in Mexico, Newton Kansan, October 1, 2004.]

The laws are, of course, different in the United States, where hospitals must provide emergency medical care to all-comers, including Mexican illegal aliens, who are usually uninsured. The cost is cripplingly expensive. Los Angeles County hospitals alone spend $350 million a year on illegal immigrants. In the last 15 months six county hospitals have closed their emergency rooms because of these costs. [Federation for American Immigration Reform, Immigration Impact—California, Jason Felch, Valley’s Oldest Hospital to Close, Los Angeles Times, August 20, 2004.]

But in this country, they want to give the illegals free treatment! Who can say no to free?

They sure do alot of demanding when they don't provide any of it.

That is certainly the truth Crazybird.

Yeah, I like the ring to that word. Something Illegal aliens, Boosh and the rest of his administration need schooling in.

So, if you are in Mexico and get hurt but cannot pay up front, in cash for any medical treatment, they just let you die. But if you are an illegal alien here and are not given immediate treatment for an ingrown hangnail the Mexican government files international lawsuits and the pro-illegal alien groups scream bloody genocide. Nice.