From: "Rich Gauszka" 

The costs for the treatment of illegals around the country are driving the
health systems into huge deficits. I couldn't find a breakdown for the
country but I doubt Georgia is unique.

http://www.newswithviews.com/Wooldridge/frosty41-2.htm
Just so Americans across the country don't feel left out, let's move to
Georgia. Net Fiscal Costs of Illegal Immigration for Georgia: Births of
illegal aliens in Georgia cost to taxpayers:

2000-- 5,133 births cost: $13 million 2001-- 9,528 births cost: $23 million
2002-11,188 births cost: $27 million

Additionally, receiving public assistance in 2002 for 25,000 children of
illegal aliens cost Georgia taxpayers $42 million annually. Health care
costs to Georgia taxpayers for illegal aliens in 2002 was 64,000 doctor
visits which ran Grady Health System into a $63 million deficit.

"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
news:42811f9a$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> It's killing us here in TN too, with TNCare.  Hopefully, that program will
> be allowed to clean itself up.   The judges here are blocking all efforts
> to purge the system of people who are fraudently enrolled.  Local judge
> blocks changes, it's appealed to Cincinnati, where the local judge is
> overturned. Then he rules again to block changes another way, and gets
> appealed and overturned again.  This has been going on for months now, and
> the TN taxpayers continue to pump more money after bad.
>
> Plus, the legislature is blocking any move to change the law that allows
> illegals to get Drivers Licenses, which have been shown to have been used
> to register to vote.
>
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>
> Glenn M.
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:4281174a{at}w3.nls.net...
>> That makes sense to me.  Bush apparently has other ideas
>>
>>
>> "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
>> news:4281114e$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> Wouldn't it be better to spend the money on keeping the people out???
>>>
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>>>
>>> Glenn M.
>>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
>>> news:428110af$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> National free health care for illegals but not for the
citizens ?  Why
>>>> not change the law that requires hospitals to provide the
free health
>>>> care to illegals?
>>>>
>>>> http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/223556_immig10.html?source=rss
>>>>
>>>> U.S. pays for care of illegal aliens
>>>> Treatment money for border states
>>>>
>>>> By ROBERT PEAR
>>>> THE NEW YORK TIMES
>>>>
>>>> WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration said yesterday that it would
>>>> start paying hospitals and doctors for providing emergency care to
>>>> illegal immigrants.
>>>>
>>>> The money, totaling $1 billion, will be available for
services provided
>>>> from today through September 2008. Congress provided the
money as part
>>>> of the 2003 law that expanded Medicare to cover
prescription drugs, but
>>>> the new payments have nothing to do with the Medicare program.
>>>>
>>>> Members of Congress from border states had sought the
money. They said
>>>> treatment of illegal immigrants imposed a huge financial
burden on many
>>>> hospitals, which are required to provide emergency care to
patients who
>>>> need it, regardless of their immigration status or ability to pay.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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