Yep, illegals get good care here. Most university hospitals run Section 330 public health clinics which are federally funded to provide care to people who cannot afford it. The reimbursement rates are "reasonable costs," something that holds in no other part of health care. Also, if the hospitals report "unreimbursed care" then they can apply for more disproportionate share funds.
Bottom line: hospitals probably lose money on Medicaid and Medicare patients because government is constantly cutting reimbursement or they cut services (less rehab, quicker but sicker discharges) to make ends meet. As always, government promises a lot and then expects other people to pay for it and quality goes to hell. Hospitals do not necessarily lose money on the uninsured, many of whom just happen to be illegals.
The government health care is good types love this situation because they can pretend that the U.S. health care system is broken. About 1/3 of the growth in the uninsured appears to be due to illegals--45 percent of foreign born U.S. residents lack health insurance--not to mention the fact that Medicaid pays for about 1/3 of births in this country and that extensions of public "insurance" programs cause about 50 percent of those enrolling to drop their private insurance.
The question, as always, is "broken compared to what?" Canada? Sweden (where they admit that people die on waiting lists and they can't do anything about it), the U.K.?
The "Who's got the best medical system" competition between Canada, Sweden, France, Britain, and Cuba etc. is fascinating.
Each government defends the lies it tells its citizens by repeating the mantra, "At least we're better than that horrible U.S."
That "horrible U.S.", of course, being where the world's best medicine is practiced.
The entire exercise is hilarious.
Well, not that hilarious if you're ill and on a waiting list, I suppose.