High cost of medical care for illegal immigrants

Americans hire 'em.

I have to agree with the original opinion that we can't afford to take care of illegals. That being said, the real problem starts long before that happens. The immigration thing is way out of control. There are 10M
illegals in the US ten million!! WOW

And if you was right who is hiring these illegals?

Poke I know exactly what you mean..

I don't believe that americans would not take those jobs if they could. I think, no offense pokesmot, that that particular refrain is one made up to justify what is done. Paying them lower wages is reprehensible. However, I have seen plenty of white people working in 7-11's and other jobs. I work my birthday and xmas now!!! I do not get a paid vacation like many other people in this country. (That do not I mean) Most of my working life I have worked in an office, until I moved to Wyoming. Not lots of jobs here, so I did what I could, that includes motel housekeeping and working in a factory, AND going back down to minimum wage, a rate I had not worked at since I was about 19. I'm 50 now and I received that rate up until about two years ago. It took me that long to get my foot in the door elsewhere. But hey, it's all good, cuz I did what I had to do, and I believe, that like me, many others would also.

Jeff ya ever worked at the seven(7) day a week dairy good job? Yes xmas and your b-day too.

Illegal immigrants come to this country get good jobs we pay for their shortcomings, They get assitance from the government. Me a US citizen cant get a decent job or when I start geting SS. I get screwed whats wrong with this picture

Your right JohnA send 'em all back. Who's going to work at the dairy where you milk before daylight and feed and shovel manure the rest of the day before you have to milk in the evening. Don't forget we have to cut and bale and haul the hay outta the fields too.

What is it people don't understand about the word "illegal"? They take our jobs, and then we have to spend our tax dollars on their health care. I'm not seeing any benefit here.

I am not trying to get personal, but do you live in an apartment complex? If not, do you mow your own yard? When you drive by one of the biggest companies in your area and they are having the grounds kept up (mowing) are there a bunch of white people doing it? Call the company let them lie to you, or call I.C.E., they are the illegal human being police. Then it is on you as much as me. No let's send "smart bombs" all over the world. $30,000 to $50,000

.My husband works at a major trauma hospital in the Southeast. "Indigent" care has affected the hospital
in a MAJOR way. Because the hospital is a state
funded medical school, it cannot turn away anyone
for treatment. In other words, if you, an immigrant with no insurance, an otherwise uninsured American
citizen or someone from abroad with no traveler's insurance, show up at the ER you are treated. The hospital is obligated to do so. The other privately
funded hospitals in the town are not obligated to
treat you. The privatized hospital will send the person to the Trauma center via non-emergency transport (which is another cost to either the city, county or private EMS service) to the trauma center. Thus, the viscous cycle starts again for a whole other set of employees.

There are a lot of immigrants who go to the hospital for regular health care because they cannot be seen anywhere else. Babies born at the hospital to illegally immigrated parents in the past two years has sky rocketed. If the immigrants and indigents do not pay their bill, who does?

The community ends up taking on the costs. One thing is job loss. If I recall correctly, around 250 housekeeping, food service, nurses aides and similar positions were cut in 2006 and 2007. No new nurses were hired last year and Hubby lost a few of his fringe benefits like differentials on vacation time. The hospital has also gone with the most hideous health insurance carrier. I cannot be covered on my war related injuries because they are "pre-existing" conditions. Keep in mind that we DID NOT choose to change carriers. This was done by the hospital in order to cut costs.

Quality of care has been impacted. The average nurse's patient load has gone from 4 patients to 6 and sometimes 7. This, in turn, cuts into quality of care. Everyone has stories of nightmare nurses.
They are being worn thin by things like this.

I hope I do not come off sounding like I am bitching about Hubby's position. I know that we are blessed beyond reason in days such as these and I count by blessing every day. My point in posting all this was to try and explain how the care costs have to come from somewhere and how it impacts us, the tax-paying adult. There are people in Savannah who are now on welfare, looking for jobs and barely making it because of this

I have talked about this on Current before and I'm always happy to see it come up as a point of discussion. We, as a nation, have got to come up with a solution. Everyone deserves life sustaining health care I just wish there was a way to manage this issue without crapping all over healthcare employees who take care of us.

Next time you see a nurse, thank him/her. Seriously. They are part of the glue that is trying hard to hold the ever crumbling healthcare system together

When illegal immigrants have more rights than a citizen, you know something is very wrong. I am fed up with the lack of action being taken to stop this invasion.

All of our families came from somewhere else, ya think those that landed at Ellis Island had permission? Or Columbus? Good thing the Indians didn't have razor wire, eh.

So...those who are voting this down, may I ask why??? Do you receive some of those very benefits? Would you lose them if something like this happened? Do you feel I should pay more taxes? Do you feel others should, like maybe the rich, in order to cover U.S. citizens? The rich all ready pay too, to cover many who are not citizens. Wouldn't their money be better spent in giving coverage to those who are citizens? Isn't a new possible tax for covering more people kinda like double dipping!??!?!??! I think so. C'mon....step up to the plate.