In 1975, I had a child and had insurance. My newborn had to have surgery. The balance of all medical bills insurance did not pay was $8,000. I had no money and had make monthly payments to pay the bill. Why isn't the same required of illegals seeking medical care?
2007-01-02 06:56:15 · 31 answers · asked by cathy e 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
The law required life threatening treatment be delivered to save lives at all costs.
That's as it should be for me.
Having a baby in the US, as an illegal immigrant or alien is one of those iffy thangs. Having a baby is dangerous biz. Apparently.
So they get the free treat. Your bills (I don't mean to demean here) may have not been considered life threatening and of course you were "tagable" as an American. They will help you. Ify can't pay, you don't get any credit but life goes on.
Illegals simply walk away from it all. 100,000 babies born at the expense of Calif. taxpayers in 06 to illegal mothers.
We need to stop people who are preganant from coming to this country unless they do so legally.
If they manage to get in ...their kids are not US citizens and they get deported directly. This is hard to manage but if we were a little less friendly to "family"j sorts up here and encouraged more workers, we would be much better off. This country can handle folks working for cheap as laborers but not running their own companies, having families and making babies and insisting we educate their kids in ...Spainish.
2007-01-02 07:15:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Most hispanics only come to the ER for TRUE emergency. Blacks and white trash use the ER for colds, sore throat, and drug seekers wanting drugs to sell on the street. Left out a few key details. At admission they take down all your personal information, Americans provide SS# valid personal information that can be used to track down them when it comes time to pay that bill. The hospital billing office still sends out a bill for services rendered, plus the Dr charges, X-rays, CT'S, MRI'S, are all separate bills. 15 years than you should know very well after walking out of the hospital,that's not it. They still want their money and they do send out bills for payment and will turn the matter over to debt collectors. The illegals provide false or untrue information, use fake addresses, fake ss#'s all that affect your er so that they are untraceable. Illegals think Dr's should work for free, nurses work for free, all the medical supplies are free. What I didn't see here is, the illegals saying I have a major bill but each month I do send what I can, none of that here. They just expect us to pay for medical services and do not even offer to pay anything, even if is $ 25.00 a month, nothing. Americans they will come after us, it effects our credit history. There more to the story than just showing up and walking out the door.When a hospital sends out bills to fake addresses that means a dr will not get paid for their services or for the whole, the entire hospital takes a loss, which also means, this effects, raises, lay offs..No the Illegals can walk out the door knowing there will never be an attempt on their part to pay anything because nobody can track them down..Americans do not get such a break. Let an American lie to a hospital about their name or SS# and see how fast it becomes a legal matter.
2016-05-23 06:55:24 · answer #2 · answered by Mollie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd like to know how can they be paying out of the pocket ? An Er vist alone is about $ 300.00 not including any supplies or tests or X-rays- CT Scans- EKG'S - Blood work alone is another $ 300. The Er doctor fee is not included in the vist that is a seperate bill about $ 150 more. If illegal aliens are walking around with thousands of dollars in cash to pay all hospital bills how can that be possible from picking fruit or hardly making it.
2007-01-02 07:14:13 · answer #3 · answered by MinuteWoman 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Oh! Haven't you heard? Our government is kissing their butts for their vote. They will buy those votes any way they can. One way is to provide better for them than they do the LEGAL, law abiding, taxpaying AMERICAN citizen. Find out who in YOUR state is pandering to those criminals, write, call or e-mail them and let them KNOW you are against it and that you will do everything you can to make sure they DO NOT remain in office.
Our government is treating the illegal LATINO community as though they were "special". This bureaucratic a$$ ki$$ing is a slap in the face to true, traditional, honest AMERICAN citizens. WE can put a stop to this nonsense.
They can get medical care through any ER in any hospital through the EMTALA law. That is why California has had 100's of hospitals close their doors. They had to cover the costs of all those illegal immigrants coming in for anything from having a baby to an ingrown toenail. DESPICABLE!!
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2007-01-02 07:44:13 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because they have no money, supposedly, and the hospitals are required to treat them even if they have no money. I know, I did the same thing with my children. No insurance, and was required to have the doctor paid in full by the 8th month of pregnancy, and the hospital paid before being dismissed. Absolutely pitiful that we have to do this and the illegals get away with nothing.
2007-01-02 07:04:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
They have no documentation, and therefore no proof of address, but the hospitals cannot turn them away. The hospitals will not report these people in order to avoid bad press, and even so most local police do not have the legal authority to take illegals into custody. If it really ticks you off, write to you reps in the Senate and the House http://www.numbersusa.com/index
2007-01-02 07:08:47 · answer #6 · answered by my brain hurts 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
a) Because they are seen as under priviledged, and b) because they can't be forced into paying... trying sending collections after them, how can you track them with no SSN?
On a side note, my parents lived in the state that I went to school in, paid property taxes and all that, had their cars registered in that state, but because my dad's income came from a different state, I was considered an out-of-state dependent and had to pay the out-of-state tuition, but some genius has proposed to offer illegals in-state tuition! I'm sorry but as bad as I feel for people in bad situations, that's just not right.
2007-01-02 07:03:31 · answer #7 · answered by Lowa 5 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I would like the answer to that question myself,as far as I can tell its because we are supposed to feel sorry for the less fortunate so Americans can be politically correct. The illegals took advantage of that and now they think we owe all off them a free ride. Actually they think we owe them our country! Sad part is our government dont seem to care ...if you do please check out this link and join Americans who are also against amnesty, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AmericanCitizensAgainstPro-illegals/message/246
2007-01-02 07:02:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Everyone is required to pay their bills. However, if you don't have a social security number -- the US equivalent of an identity number -- there is no way to track your movement.
2007-01-02 07:00:06 · answer #9 · answered by mediahoney 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
because they dont have a social security # to track them, they cant be sued. If you dont have insurance, you usually have to pay your bill at time of service.
2007-01-02 06:58:52 · answer #10 · answered by Montecar3 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋