StupidCowboyTricks wrote: There seems to be a considerable difference between europe & the US on the issue. Here most would accept the govt has a role in helping people out of poverty and making life better for the less fortunate and shou,d provide educaion, health services etc as a matter of right to the people electing them. I might be wrong but inthe US if you can't afford medical services they seem to leave you to die. At least every US medical drama seems to bring the ussie up.
That's pretty much how it is, sad isn't it?
Yah it is sad huh? The good ol USA never gave nobody nuttin but coal in their stockins.........RIGHT?
"I might be wrong but inthe US if you can't afford medical services they seem to leave you to die".
Just before Christmas, the Arizona state Legislature approved nearly $3 million in public funds to cover kidney dialysis treatment and cancer chemotherapy for illegal aliens. Meanwhile, many indigent senior citizens -- American citizens -- must abide by stricter limits, fewer choices, and rising prices on everything from earpieces to walkers to pain medications under their government health-care coverage.
"I might be wrong but inthe US if you can't afford medical services they seem to leave you to die".
In North Carolina, the Medicaid emergency services program averages 221 new cases involving aliens every month -- a large number of whom are illegal, according to one state official. Last year, those services cost taxpayers $31.9 million.
"I might be wrong but inthe US if you can't afford medical services they seem to leave you to die".
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In Chicago, one hospital alone is footing a $650,000 bill this year for organ and stem cell transplants (plus post-care treatment) for three illegal alien children. The hospital will receive no federal or state reimbursement for the care -- which it is forced by federal law to provide when "undocumented" patients show up at the emergency room. Like other medical care providers across the country, the hospital is grappling with massive Medicaid budget cuts that will curtail services for American citizens whose money supports the system in the first place.
GEE wizzzz I wonder how the hospital recoops that loss.... HMMM maybe joe taxpayer?
"I might be wrong but inthe US if you can't afford medical services they seem to leave you to die".
Opponents of free medical care for chronically ill illegal aliens are naturally cast as heartless penny-pinchers. But just how much compassion for non-citizens can this country afford? And how long will taxpayers tolerate such unfair appropriations of money from law-abiding Americans to law-breaking foreigners?
It's time for the feds to step up and pull the plug on interminable health benefits for illegal aliens. The State Department should seek reimbursement from the home countries of the most expensive, chronically ill patients. The Immigration and Naturalization Service should get serious about deportation. And we Americans should all stop apologizing for wanting to prevent our home from becoming a safe haven for sickly moochers from around the world.
My point is we are subidising illegals and STILL give health care to any PERSON in the US ...........
Your statement is all BS anti American probaganda. check these sites out that tell you how and what you must do to get medical treatment, food stamps, child care and on and on illegal or not:
http://www.healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/D ... on=Staging
http://www.govbenefits.gov/govbenefits/index.jhtml
http://www.govbenefits.gov/govbenefits/ ... tate.jhtml
Here is a questioneer to see if you qualify for my state of New Mexico...I did qualify for some assistance.
http://www.govbenefits.gov/govbenefits/ ... ico&oid=NM
"I might be wrong but inthe US if you can't afford medical services they seem to leave you to die".
New Mexico Medicaid Am I eligible? Eligibility criteria
In order to qualify for this benefit program, you must be a resident of the state of New Mexico, a US national, citizen, permanent resident, or legal alien, in need of health care/insurance assistance, whose financial situation would be characterized as low income or very low income. You must also be either pregnant, a parent or relative caretaker of a dependent child(ren) under age 19, blind, have a disability or a family member in your household with a disability, or be 65 years of age or older.
Description
The New Mexico Medicaid program is a Federal and state funded program that serves needy individuals and families in New Mexico who meet financial and other eligibility requirements and certain other individuals who lack adequate resources to pay for medical care.
The program provides payment for medical services ranging from routine preventive medical care for children to institutional care for the elderly and disabled. The Medicaid program also ensures access to care through enrollment of medical providers and access to transportation services to medical care providers through reimbursement to recipients and volunteer drivers.
"I might be wrong but inthe US if you can't afford medical services they seem to leave you to die".
Yes you MIGHT be wrong!!!