Here's what a single hospital in Martin County, Florida is saying about the unreimbursed health care costs due to illegal immigration from just a few patients! Just a few!!!! Now add all the other hospitals and clinics and EMS and paramedic services, air ambulances and freebies that are being utilized by illegal immigrants and you can get some grasp of the scope of this problem nationally. In Southern California, the issue is magnified many times greater than that of Florida, as the number of illegal immigrants is tremendously higher, and the costs of providing services is greater. This discounts the costs reimbursed by the Federal Government on the Social Security Program through Section 1011. (Didn't know about that one, did you?) Simply Google SECTION 1011 PROVIDER PAYMENT DETERMINATION and you'll be more amazed. The hospital or provider can't ask if the patient is undocumented. Simply check the box, and you and I get the bill. Nice, huh? But the pot is short on cash, thus the problems Martin County and everyone else is having!
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