Live in or around Dallas/Fort Worth and heard the news channel 11 check this out.?

Question

Just heard that Parkland Hospital sent a bill to Mexico for all of the illegal folks that have recieved medical help, had babies etc. What do you think if all the county run hospitals were to do this? Would it get the point across that we only want them to pay for services recieved weather it be medical or food or clothing? Not just the tax you pay when you buy something like the teenage kids kept saying on the news

I wish these reporters would stick to what they say, on the 5:30 news they said what I asked, now on there 6:30 update Tracy said that Parkland couldn't say how many illegals were helped. Ok reporters get your facts right. Still the fact is as I see it they need to pay for the help they get from the Texas tax payer, and the American tax payer.

Answer 1

Good question. I didn't hear this on the local news. I really wonder how effective it will be. You can bill them, but can you make them pay.

These people avoid a lot of tax-paying situations. If you ever go out on Saturday morning, about half the people out there for yard sales are Mexican - they buy clothes, furniture, jewelry etc. and no sales tax is assessed. Texas has no tax on food - so where do they pay their share for the services they receive?

My mother is in a nursing home and the home recently requested proof of her citizenship. I hope that Medicare cracks down and provide services to US citizens who have paid into the system for many years.

Answer 2

It's a good idea, but the cost of sending the bills to Mexico will just end up being added to the bills for those who actually intend to pay.