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Originally Posted by spence
Illegals can't get coverage period.
The only way a non citizen can get any taxpayer funded coverage is if they qualify for Medicaid which means they have to have been legally here for at least 5 years and live near poverty.
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Originally Posted by spence
That's not insurance as framed in the first part of the statement. Hospitals have to provide initial treatment if someone walks in but the law stops pretty much at that.
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As someone that worked in emergency medicine for 5 years, here's the problem with your statements...
The illegals use the hospitals as primary care physicians. Illegal and have a cold, go to the ER for an antibiotic. Illegal and broke your arm, go to the ER for a cast and then back to the ER to have it removed. "Hospitals cannot refuse to treat, regardless of ability to pay." - it's posted in some form or another within the ER of just about every hospital in the country.