August 10, 2006
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A Washington State Reader Says Bryanna Is Right About
Illegal Alien Health Care
From:
Linda Thom [e-mail
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Re: Bryanna Bevens Column:
Illegal Immigrants: Equal Medical Care Or Better
Medical Care?
As for Bevens’ conclusion that the
illegal aliens get better health care than she does,
I’m sorry to say that she is right.
Medicaid pays for illegal alien emergencies. The
word “emergency” is broadly defined but the
federal government picks up the child delivery tab.
Various states and counties may or may not cover
pre- and postnatal care. Car seats and other similar
sundries are state or county funded
Emergency Medicaid has been on the books since the
1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act. In the
late 1980's, in California, 25% of all births in the
state were to
illegal alien mothers and funded by Medicaid. I
don't know what the current alien numbers are but since
the 1990 almost half of the California births are to
foreign-born women.
In California, those who go to a county
facility—mandated by law to provide for anyone who
presents himself—are called self-pay patients unless
Medicaid covers them.
Patients must fill out financial and personal
information. They are charged for services provided. But
in reality, although they are called self-pay, they are
no-pay patients for the most basic reason—
they
have no money to pay.
Most are illegal aliens and we
pay for them.
On a personal note, I sympathize with Bevens. My
baby girl will be 34 on August 14th. What was
I thinking about to have a baby in August?
Thom’s 2004
VDARE.COM column about her experiences as a California
budget analyst is
here.
To read Thom’s complete VDARE.COM archive, go
here.
