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Illegal Immigrants Cause $566 Million in Unpaid Healthcare Burden on Florida
BREITBART ^ | 30 Apr 2024 | WARNER TODD HUSTON

Posted on 05/06/2024 7:08:28 AM PDT by airdalecheif

Florida passed a law requiring hospitals to publicize the costs of unpaid care for migrants, and the reports thus far show that the loss to the state’s hospitals is a massive $566 million just in 2024 — and taxpayers are picking up much of that loss.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: aliens; florida; healthcare; invasion; medical
With SB 1718 now recording the costs to the Sunshine State in real-time, it is clear that the costs of caring for indigent illegals are quickly adding up. To name just a few, according to the state’s reporting website, MyFlorida.com, Broward County has lost $43,056,022 so far in 2024 to the unpaid medical expenses for illegals. Duval has suffered a loss of $31,439, 143, Hillsborough’s loss is at $58,822,134, Orange stands at $58,328,521, and Miami-Dade has lost a whopping $231,804,144.

According to the reporting website, the estimated costs to care for illegal aliens have totaled more than $566 million to date.

1 posted on 05/06/2024 7:08:28 AM PDT by airdalecheif
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To: airdalecheif

AND THAT IS ONLY ONE STATE OF FIFTY!!!!!!!

NOW ADD IN HOUSING, FOOD, TRANSLATION SERVICES, EDUCATION X 50.

All that for some ‘farm workers’. Nice investment, huh?

Many countries are sending those who will NEVER work and many who will only overburden our law enforcement , hospitals and prisons.


2 posted on 05/06/2024 7:12:37 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: airdalecheif

THIS is the main reason we are going bankrupt.


3 posted on 05/06/2024 7:14:54 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: airdalecheif

So amazing - just forcing them to reveal this is a huge start.


4 posted on 05/06/2024 7:16:00 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: airdalecheif

In a small hospital outside of Atlanta, there are two older women, who have nowhere to go and, for some reason, can’t be released. But, apparently they do not require hospital care.

So, they basically live in the hospital as if it were an apartment with no bills.


5 posted on 05/06/2024 7:16:15 AM PDT by qaz123
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To: airdalecheif

So IOW they cause $1.5 trillion nationwide.


6 posted on 05/06/2024 7:25:08 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Proudly Clinging To My Guns And My Religion)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

This was written in 2016:

The CERTAIN Destruction Of Our Nation

https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=231561

“Last year the Federal Government spent $1,417 billion dollars out of $3,854 billion, or 37% of every dollar it spent, on Medicare and Medicaid. This was a 9.3% increase over last year’s expenditure of $1,296,731 (million), all-in.

But inside this figure are even-more damning numbers.

Payments to the health care trust funds were up 13.4% (!)

Spending on CHIP, the plan for poor kids, rose last year by an astounding 56%. While the total spent was only $14.3 billion that rate of rise is utterly astronomical by anyone’s measure.

Don’t believe for a second that administrative expenses are under control, which is a claim often made for Medicare and Medicaid: They were up 32% last year for the primary hospital insurance trust fund. No, that’s not a misprint.

Hospital benefit payments for Medicare? Up 8.4% — the bright spot, believe it or not.

Medicare Part “D” (drugs)? Sit down: Up 26.2% to a total of $95.2 billion.

Folks, at this rate of change within the next four years Medicare and Medicaid will consume just over $2,000 billion a year, or $2 trillion — an increase of $600 billion a year in spending.”

In other words, even in the absence of illegals, medical costs alone will bankrupt the nation. It’s not opinion, it’s math.


7 posted on 05/06/2024 7:27:34 AM PDT by packagingguy
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To: airdalecheif

Send the bills to Joe

Also how are the illegal aliens getting healthcare without paying while they are at the hospital etc ???

Americans cant just walk out without paying


8 posted on 05/06/2024 7:30:18 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Send the bill to Mayorkas, obozo, and Biden.


9 posted on 05/06/2024 7:35:05 AM PDT by chopperk
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To: airdalecheif

But it’s free....


10 posted on 05/06/2024 7:44:43 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: airdalecheif

Biden, due to the complacency of silent Republicans, has been allowed to ruin America without interference.


11 posted on 05/06/2024 8:00:58 AM PDT by ABStrauss (I miss Rush! )
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To: airdalecheif

California too - leading to ERs and urgent care facilities closing. The one near me closed - the last time I went there (my daughter needed a clearance to return to school and that’s where I was sent) - the place was loaded with what looked like illegals and their children, so many they spilled outside the building and were sitting all over the steps.

Drove past a few months later and the place was closed down.

I understand this is happening all up and down the state, and will happen in Florida soon b/c treating so many people for free is not sustainable.


12 posted on 05/06/2024 8:16:53 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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