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Title: US to Pay Hospitals for Illegals' Care
Source:
AP
URL Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/health_care_illegal_aliens
Published: May 09, 2005
Author: Kevin Freking
Post Date: 2005-05-10 07:16:02 by Diana
Keywords: Hospitals, Illegals, Care
Views: 293
Comments: 22
U.S. to Pay Hospitals for Illegals' Care By KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Health care providers can charge the government for emergency care provided to illegal aliens beginning Tuesday. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued final guidance Monday that sets up a system for reimbursement. Lawmakers set aside $1 billion over four years for the program, created by Medicare legislation passed in 2003. For hospitals in border states, the additional money can mean the difference between running a profitable business or an unprofitable one, said Don May, vice president of policy for the American Hospital Association. "I don't know if it will completely change their financial picture, but for those hospitals on the border, this is going to make a difference in ensuring they are there to treat the patients, not just the undocumented ones, but all the patients living in those communities," May said. Two-thirds of the money will be distributed to health care providers based on a state's percentage of undocumented aliens. The remaining third will go to providers in the six states with the largest number of arrests of undocumented aliens. The states receiving the highest amounts in the current fiscal year are California, $70.8 million; Texas, $46 million; Arizona, $45 million; and New York, $12.25 million. Payments to providers will be made on a quarterly basis and will be adjusted proportionately if the bills exceed the state's allocation. One group that advocates stricter immigration policies said the government's reimbursement of hospitals was the right thing to do. "It seems to me that if the federal government has abdicated its responsibility for immigration enforcement, then it's responsible for making those jurisdictions whole," said Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, a think tank based in Washington.
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#1. To: Diana (#0)
I see you located the article.. Now isnt this nice .. now we the taxpayers will be paying for the illegal's health care costs.. I did read an article that mentioned that several hospitals went under due to the high cost of treating illegals.
It's nuts. What about all those millions of American Citizens with no health insurance, I guess if they need emergency care at the hospital, they'll just have to file for bankrupcy, oops! I forgot, they just implemented some very strict laws pertaining to bankrupcy, so what will it be, debter's prison for Americans without health insurance or the money to pay the hospital?
We taxpayers pay through the nose for Bu$h and Co's derelection of duty to protect U.S. citizens. Americans are now subjected to antibiotic-resistant TB, polio, malaria, hepatitis A and B, various parasites and really bad driving from uninsured, plus destruction of private property by the illegals, gang crime and of course competition for jobs. When will the bots rebel against Bu$h's open-border policy? When will the rest of us reach the point of taking effective action against the traitor-in-chief?
Once again Bush puts the welfare of wetbacks above that of Americans. When will this treason end?
"From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs." Actually this isn't a new concept, except for the direct ability of a hospital to charge the government. They've always provided care to the illegals/poor. They just wrote it off previously. Now, either the government (us) pays the hospital, or they'll close the doors. Get on the gravy train folks and help derail the system.
Not quite true. I knew some people in TX who had no insurance, and they were not counted as poor, because they were not on welfare but had low paying jobs with no benefits. They worked hard, but if they got sick they were out luck and went broke paying off medical bills. The bill collectors call them too ya know.
OK, working low paying jobs in AmeriKa is a huge mistake. It's far more beneficial not to work and have the government supply you with money, housing and food. Send your friends a note, asap :)
Soon people like this will not be able to file for a bankruptcy for those medical bills (which is at least 50% of all personal bankruptcies). They will be stuck with enormous debt for the rest of their lives. If they work again, their wages will be garnished. They will have bad credit forever. Very sad.
Yep, as I've said many times recently if Hillary-care is the focus of the '08 election, she gets elected. People will be forced to choose socialized medical care.
I'm predicting our socialised medical system will bw much more dreadful than anything in Europe. Imagine DMV employees making all your important medical decisions...
Quite an accurate image; they're almost all foreign-born (in my state).
Doctors or DMV workers?
Both in California; that's why your statement was so accurate.
Employees? I'm thinking of something less than actual human interaction; think phone menu.
Dial 'M' for morphine? Works for me. :)
Are you a drug addict?
Not yet.
Would you be willing to learn?
I take that back, I am addicted to nicotine.
We're all one hit from being a cokie. Don't worry about it.
Maybe there's a silver lining here. If the feds are going to reimburse the hospital, then the hospital is going to have to collect enough data to certify that the person is actually an illegal. In that case, we can get someone on the staff to pilfer the records and turn them over to INS. Who am I kidding?!? INS doesn't give a shit about illegals. If anything, their job is to protect illegals from us milch cow citizens.
#2. To: Zipporah (#1)
#3. To: Diana (#2)
#4. To: Diana (#0)
Health care providers can charge the government for emergency care provided to illegal aliens beginning Tuesday.
#5. To: Diana, all (#0)
#6. To: Jethro Tull (#5)
They've always provided care to the illegals/poor.
#7. To: Diana (#6)
but had low paying jobs with no benefits
#8. To: Diana, Jethro Tull (#6)
I knew some people in TX who had no insurance, and they were not counted as poor, because they were not on welfare but had low paying jobs with no benefits. They worked hard, but if they got sick they were out luck and went broke paying off medical bills. The bill collectors call them too ya know.
Better off in Canada, France, Ireland or Iceland than to be forced to work at a place w/o benefits, or unable to get them due to some unacceptable or unaffordable pre-existing condition.
#9. To: robin (#8)
#10. To: Jethro Tull (#9)
#11. To: Dakmar (#10)
Imagine DMV employees making all your important medical decisions...
#12. To: robin (#11)
they're almost all foreign-born (in my state).
#13. To: Dakmar (#12)
#14. To: Dakmar (#10)
Imagine DMV employees making all your important medical decisions...
#15. To: Jethro Tull (#14)
#16. To: Dakmar (#15)
#17. To: Jethro Tull (#16)
#18. To: Dakmar (#17)
#19. To: Esso (#18)
#20. To: Dakmar (#17)
#21. To: Diana (#0)
#22. To: Diana, robin (#0)
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