Posted on 05/04/2009 6:50:29 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
From Sacramento -- The swine flu scare may be hype. Maybe not. Either way, it's reassuring to know that hospital emergency rooms and community clinics are treating anyone who's sick, including illegal immigrants.
"Swine flu knows no borders," notes Carmela Castellano-Garcia, chief executive of the California Primary Care Assn., an organization of roughly 700 clinics. "It pays no regard to income or immigration status."
Hardly a day goes by that I don't receive at least one e-mail from someone complaining about tax dollars "wasted" on illegal immigrants.
Here's an excerpt on Friday from Dink: "Thanks to your 'buddy' Arnold, I'm paying more taxes so that illegal immigrants can use the nearest emergency room as their primary doctor's office. . . . "
First, it's a good bet that Gov. Schwarzenegger does not consider me a "buddy" after all I've written about his Sacramento stewardship over the years. But if he had just listened to. . . . Never mind.
Second, the governor has nothing to do with the fact that emergency rooms are forbidden to deny care to anyone, whether they're in the country illegally or not. That's federal law.
The nonpartisan legislative analyst figures that so-called emergency services for illegal immigrants cost the state $536 million annually in Medi-Cal funds.
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“Illegal immigrants deserve medical care for swine flu”
I totally agree, as long as the med care is in MEXICO!!!!!
There’s that damn “D” word again.
They ONLY deserve deportation.
LLS
I totally agree, as long as the med care is in MEXICO!!!!!
I second the motion.....
Illegal immigrants and US officials deserve blame for reckless spread of swine flu
The Illegal Aliens deserve a no-expense paid trip back to whatever third rate crap-hole that they came from. And a swift kick in the obama.
Somebody should write a book on how to become an illegal alien and rip off the government. Abbie Hoffman’s “Steal This Book” was useful in it’s time and it was fun.
Third!
No they should not.
Next...
I have to disagree with the general tenor of comments here. Whether or not people are here in the U.S. illegally, if they are sick and in danger of death you treat them. Ship them back where they came from after you treat them, fine.
Yeah....title it “Steal This Country”
The worst case scenario would be that swine flu becomes a widespread epidemic or pandemic, first in Mexico, then spreading across into the US. Everyone knows illegals would flood across the border and present themselves for care at US hospitals. Then, when the flu became widespread in the border states, American citizens could find all the capacity to treat serious cases (respirators) being utilized to treat illegal aliens.
Not a pretty picture, and one no politician seems to have the backbone to discuss as a realistic possibility.
Not having enough money to feed, clothe, educate, and medicate everyone in the universe makes you a racist!!
You only deserve what you pay for.
Checking my pocket Constitution. Nope, not finding it.
The mexican government has... and they distribute it throughout the nation... and I am not kidding.
LLS
Deserve....such a misused word these days. I think that people who believe illegal aliens should get any sort of free anything should start charities for expressly that purpose. Then they could all donate all of their money to their cause. Oh, wait, no, they don’t care enough to spend THEIR money! I forgot...
and all the other liberals in this state.
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