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  • Catastrophe in Care:Hospitals are being crippled by the costs of treating migrants

    06/12/2005 12:48:10 PM PDT · by axes_of_weezles · 12 replies · 1,014+ views
    The Tucson Weekly ^ | 2 June 2005 | Leo Banks
    The Medicare reform bill passed in 2003 allocated $1 billion to reimburse states for federally mandated ER care given to illegals--about $45 million a year of that to come to Arizona over four years. But even that, some hospital staffers say, is little more than a Band-Aid on a huge problem. A mere 22 years later--again, in part because of EMTALA--Cosman says the system is coming apart, with most trauma hospitals having left the network, along with physicians, surgeons and others. As with most issues related to the illegal invasion, those who live along the Mexican border, the scene of...
  • GOP Forms Prescription Drug Plan [AARP alligns with GOP]

    11/26/2002 11:53:35 PM PST · by Salvation · 19 replies · 567+ views
    FoxNews.com ^ | 11-27-02 | Major Garrett
    <p>WASHINGTON — Republicans got a surprising boost Tuesday from AARP, the nation's largest and most powerful seniors group on an issue that's bedeviled Washington for years -- prescription drugs for seniors.</p> <p>"I think it's important news that there is one party that can essentially control the outcome here," Chris Hansen, director of advocacy for AARP told Fox News. "In terms of getting to a final conclusion, I think having one-party control, whichever party, it is probably a good thing. I think Republicans are serious about making this a priority."</p>