Another xenophobic "Minutemen" myth goes down the toilet

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Study finds immigrants' use of healthcare system lower than expected

November 27, 2007

Illegal immigrants from Mexico and other Latin American countries are 50% less likely than U.S.-born Latinos to use hospital emergency rooms in California, according to a study published Monday in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine.

By federal law, hospitals must treat every emergency, regardless of a person's insurance -- or immigration -- status. Illegal immigrants, who often work at jobs that don't offer health insurance, are commonly seen as driving both the closures and the crowding.

But the study found that while illegal immigrants are indeed less likely to be insured, they are also less likely to visit a doctor, clinic or emergency room.

"The current policy discourse that undocumented immigrants are a burden on the public because they overuse public resources is not borne out with data, for either primary care or emergency department care," said Alexander N. Ortega, an associate professor at UCLA's School of Public Health and the study's lead author. "In fact, they seem to be underutilizing the system, given their health needs."

Dr. Felix Nuñez, a Los Angeles-based family physician and former medical director of the South Central Family Health Center, said the findings confirm what he sees in clinics.

Illegal immigrants are infrequent patients for primary care visits, he said, because being asked for ID cards, Social Security numbers and employment histories makes them nervous. They fear being reported to authorities, even though the information is used only to determine Medi-Cal eligibility or to set a sliding-scale fee.

What did surprise Nuñez was the relatively low use of emergency rooms by illegal immigrants.

"My gut would have told me that they'd be higher users of emergency services because they're not coming in for routine, preventive care," he said. "This kind of study is really important because it forces you to look at the data and rethink your assumptions."

http://www.latimes.com/features/hea...y?coll=la-headlines-health&ctrack=1&cset=true
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As I expected, but give them amnesty and watch the statistics zoom upwards.

Not judging, jut stating what would / will happen.
 
uscitizen said:
As I expected, but give them amnesty and watch the statistics zoom upwards.

Not judging, jut stating what would / will happen.
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I've always said we need to get a handle on it, because it does depress american workers wages in certain sectors of the economy.

But, why don't we just stop with the lies? Xenophobes always like to point to a supposed massive drain on healthcare and social services.

The real culprit is corporate america, and their allies in congress who want cheap labor. Why make up lies, when this is the real issue?
 
Yep Cypress and lets not forget how corporate america shuffles it's insurance costs for retirees off on the Medicare system.
 
"The current policy discourse that undocumented immigrants are a burden on the public because they overuse public resources is not borne out with data, for either primary care or emergency department care," said Alexander N. Ortega, an associate professor at UCLA's School of Public Health and the study's lead author. "In fact, they seem to be underutilizing the system, given their health needs."
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A masterful use of english to mislead the readers....like the words "overuse public resources", "underutilizing the system", "given their health care needs"...
Goebbels would be proud....

The fact is...ANY use the US healthcare system by illegals is a burden on US citizens.....
300,000 babes born to illegals each and every year doesn't come free.

New mothers and anchor children that immediately gain access to free medical, schools, housing, food stamps, other welfare, etc.

And this is but one facet of the problem....

But if you still believe conspiracy theories about the WTC and Build. 7 , what can you expect.....some will believe just about thing if it suits their political agenda....
 
Cypress said:
I've always said we need to get a handle on it, because it does depress american workers wages in certain sectors of the economy.

But, why don't we just stop with the lies? Xenophobes always like to point to a supposed massive drain on healthcare and social services.

The real culprit is corporate america, and their allies in congress who want cheap labor. Why make up lies, when this is the real issue?
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"Xenophobe" is a label put on anyone who disagrees with the new world order open border policy, espoused both by corporations, and liberals who just hate all americans regardless and are gratified when they are put out of work.
 
AssHatZombie said:
"Xenophobe" is a label put on anyone who disagrees with the new world order open border policy, espoused both by corporations, and liberals who just hate all americans regardless and are gratified when they are put out of work.
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I agree with you about the misuse of the label. It's a version of the Bush 'either your with us or against us' argument that is often mocked. If you have a different opinion than what this article claims then you are labeled a 'xenophobe'. If you agree with me then you are ok.
 
This is just...........

More hype and BS from Cippie...fact...Illegal Aleins have special priveleges in the Medicaid system...do a little research on the subject before posting BS studies from the Liberal Left..Medicaid gives preference to Illegals...why do you think there are so many anchor babies?...what a idiot you are cippie...stick with animals in your veternarian practice...you know very little about real life with Humans... stupit hoomans for the USC crowd!:rolleyes:
 
Trenton Times January 09, 2005

Illegal immigrants inundate hospitals By ANDREW D. SMITH

New Jersey's escalating population of illegal immigrants is placing an ever-growing burden on the state's hospitals, which expect to lose $200 million this year on care to the underground community.

Doctors and administrators around the state are complaining that the cost of treating illegal immigrants has forced them to delay the purchase of life-saving technology or the addition of valuable staff.
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Last year, San Diego County hospitals provided $619 million in uncompensated care, and an estimated 10 percent to 17 percent of that paid for treatment for undocumented immigrants, according to the Hospital Association of San Diego and Imperial Counties.

Burn care requires ventilators, multiple surgeries, round-the-clock intensive care and grafts from human cadaveric skin. McAfee said grafts can be grown from patients' own skin to minimize tissue rejection at $500,000 per patient.
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California hospitals provide an estimated $500 million a year in emergency care for illegal immigrants, according to the California Hospital Association. About 8 million people are in the United States illegally, according to the U.S. census.
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Census Bureau data showing Californians spent $10 billion last year (whew!) to subsidize education, medical care and incarceration costs for (not legal but) illegal immigrants.
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Florida Hospital Association surveyed 28 hospitals and found that health care for illegal aliens totaled at least $40 million in 2002.
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http://www.jpands.org/vol10no1/cosman.pdf
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The only conclusion from the "Cypress Report" is that could be worse than it already is..
 
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