Who says illegals do not drive up medical cost's departments lose $7,633,557 total each year due to illegals

Question

When doctors swear the Hippocratic oath, they pledge to do all in their power to help their patients. But medical care is extremely expensive today, and hospitals run on money, not ideals.

Balancing the ideals with financial reality is an ongoing struggle for medical professionals, and the number of illegal immigrants seeking medical treatment they can't afford exemplifies the problem."We are legally, and morally required to give emergency medical treatment to anyone who comes in needing it," said Robbie Nicol, director of development and community relations at the Yavapai Regional Medical Center. "It's a moral certainty that we must help those in need, but the fact remains it takes a lot of money to run a hospital."

The federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act requires hospitals to treat emergency patients, regardless of the patient's status or ability to pay. This complicates the financial situation with illegal immigrant patients who cannot pay for their treatment.

A government program exists to help reimburse hospitals for some of the costs that they incur in treating illegal immigrants who are unable to pay: Section 1011 of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003. The section distributes $250 million among hospitals across the county, allocating more money to states with higher rates of illegal immigration.

According to data from the 2007 State Allocations for Section 1011 of the Medicare Modernization Act, an estimated 7 million unauthorized residents live in the United States, and 283,000 in Arizona alone.

Of the $250 million that Section 1011 distributes nationwide, Arizona receives more than $6.7 million based on its percentage of undocumented aliens, and about $37.8 million based on number of state illegal alien arrests, for a total of $44.5 million.

The Section 1011 money Arizona receives helps hospitals relieve some of the financial burden of treating illegal immigrants, but the amounts they receive are "a drop in the bucket" compared to the losses local hospitals take each year, Nicol said.

In one year, YRMC treated approximately 2,135 people who fall under the 1011 payment provisions. That number does not include undocumented immigrants who paid cash or whose employers paid for them. YRMC estimates the cost for those medical bills exceeds $2.4 million.

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Answer 1

Obviously your first two answers can't come up with an answer so the poorly try to deflect.

But... they just want a better life right? What could we do with that amount of money going to criminals for their benefit? You are very correct. Illegals come at a high cost and this is just one area of expense. When you look at the whole picture.... and not just the "feelings" side of it... perhaps these libs may have "feelings" for our own countries citizens who pay for these expenses while trying to get by. Or to those who don't get the care due to the criminals.

Answer 2

Actually there are questions and answers abound that show so much more. One today listed by link that 85 hospitals had t close due t this and many mentioned being at the ER and one gentlemen mentioned his daughter was real sick, but had to wait for all the upset stomachs, colds and the like. It is a huge problem and now we find out that diseases that had been stamped out are now on the rise. People do not understand.

Not only do you have the southern border and the fluff number of 15 million, but we issue 8-9 million visas a year and these folks come from all over the world. Now when the visa expires over a third are 3 million hide out in the country. Anyway the number of all could be more than 40-60 million.

one answer mentioned that in 1986 they made 3 times as many legal residents than they had assumed. Great question, but I have seen it more in the billions.

Take care. Might look back at other questions.

Answer 3

ILLEGAL INVADERS have bankrupted many hspital ERs and clinins all over the country. They use them as general pratice visits because they know that the hospitals have to see them and then there is nothing the hospital can do to collect. ER costs are the most expensive you can get, and not always the best either. A general visit to the ER for a child that has a fever can run up to $2000.00 out of the hospitals budget, where if they have any morals the illeagal would take their kids to a GP Doctior and pay the $100 they charge, thus saving Tax payers BILLIONS of dollars.

It is also the same with school districts. Schools all over the country are haveing budget woes becasue of te influx of ILLEGAL INVADERS that are going to public schools.

ILLEGAL have no right to be here and should not receive ANY benefits that are paid for BY American Tax Dollars! These serivces are paid for BY Americans FOR Americans!

Answer 4

Each and every illegal costs American taxpayers, $11K a year.
That is the average cost per illegal.
That figure is a government study on the issues and the consequent problems caused by people who are not suppose to be here.
You'd think the Feds would do something about a loss like that wouldn't you?
These are the people we look to to protect us from harm, do the right thing and enforce the law.

Answer 5

Maybe we should give the bill to the low life Americans hiring them and give these nice people the motivation to come here. I don`t think illegals should be turned away from the hospitals they are still human but I do think we should use the illegal employers profits to pay for the cost.

Answer 6

Great article, thanks for sharing. Of course the pro-crime crowd will change the subject, as usual.

But let me say this: even if illegals weren't a financial burden, even if they committed zero other crimes, even if they all respected our flag, they STILL are here illegally and STILL need to go the hell back to wherever they came from.

--Adrian.

Answer 7

So is it the illegal's fault that medical care is so expensive?

This is an economic problem, not an immigration problem. Health care in the US is the most expensive in the world, immigration or not.

Answer 8

then why take a oath to give medical help to people

Answer 9

say something that YOU know, dont just copy and paste if you have absolutely no idea of what is really going on. U.S. citizens cost a lot too. Im tired too of having to pay taxes to feed lazy u.s citizen women on welfare, staying home all day watching talk shows. i guess you are ok with this though.

Answer 10

Where is the question? Oh yeah this is just another sermon to start things up.