I heard that if an illegal immigrant goes to any Emergency Room, they cannot be denied. So i am taking it that if they do this and run up an expensive hospital bill which they cannot pay...then they aren't really obligated to pay...right? After all, they don't have a credit history to be concerned about. They won't have credit bureaus after them, since technically they are unaccounted for and aren't really here.
So with all that said...my question is:
Could an American citizen like me, just walk in a hospital, not give my real name and claim that i am an illegal immigrant to avoid paying a hefty hospital bill?
Also, in states that allow illegals to get driver's licenses...would it be possible for an American like me to get a '2nd' license under a name like Juan Lopez and just claim i am an undocumented Immigrant??
What are there penalties if caught? if so, are penalties harsh? is the government strict on this ? Worth Repeating right?
2006-08-15
09:15:41
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