September 30, 2009
Illegal immigrants demand free health care, then turn down free ride home. Well, isn’t that nice?
Remember last week when I brought up that article about illegals suing to get free health care? Well, as it turns out, apparently they’re refusing an all-expenses paid trip home, too:
Going back to Mexico is not an option, said the 43-year-old man, kneeling next to his wife’s wheelchair.
His wife, 45, lost her eyesight to diabetes. She also has high blood pressure. And her kidneys are failing.For years, he has taken her to a dialysis clinic attached to a public hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. The facility that gave her free care plans to close Saturday.
They are illegal immigrants with no health insurance and, they say they have nowhere to go for his wife’s vast medical needs. The closing clinic offered to help return them to Mexico.
The Atlanta clinic is the latest known case of a medical institution that’s offering to send illegal immigrants who can’t afford treatment back to their native countries — a practice that critics liken to patient dumping.
Returning to the country of origin is completely voluntary, said Matt Gove, a spokesman for Atlanta’s Grady Memorial Hospital. “We can’t make anybody do anything,” he said. “To patients who’ve expressed a need or desire to go to their home country, if we can help them, then we try.”
So, these illegals admit that they have been taking advantage of our free health care for years. Awesome! Just what America wants to hear. The hospital offered them a free trip home and they refused. What does it say about our lax immigration policy if illegals can be openly using free services paid for by American citizens and then turn down a free trip home? They should be deported, automatically. They shouldn’t have a choice in the matter. They came here illegally. It’s just that simple.
But, the article gets better a little bit later on:
The Atlanta couple, who asked to be identified only by the husband’s initials, G.L., and the wife’s, A.L., said they rejected Grady Memorial Hospital’s offer to return to Mexico because they had seen bad medical outcomes there. The woman’s mother, sister and niece died of kidney failure in the country despite receiving care, they said.
“In Mexico, dialysis does not guarantee life like it does here,” G.L. said. “Maybe they live one year. Here, people can last up to 10 years or more. … To go back to Mexico would be a death sentence.”
Dialysis replaces kidney function, mechanically cleaning the blood.
A judge ruled last week that Grady could close this week, rejecting a legal request by 36 patients who sought to keep the clinic open until they could find permanent treatment elsewhere. The hospital agreed to pay for three more months of dialysis at a different clinic, according to a court document.
The immigrant couple worry where A.L. will find consistent treatment after the Grady Dialysis Clinic closes. Without dialysis, fluids and toxins accumulate in her body, which can lead to brain damage or respiratory problems that could result in death.
On top of a wooden dresser in their studio apartment, there are rows of orange prescription drug containers: statins, lisinopril for her hypertension, furosemide for her swelling. There’s also a plastic Virgin Mary.
“As humans, we have a right to life,” said her husband, a mariachi band musician.
When the treatment ends, they will most likely have to go to emergency rooms, he said.
By federal law, hospitals must treat emergency patients regardless of citizenship or ability to pay. But emergency care is more expensive than regular care. Dialysis is a lifelong treatment and the only alternative is a transplant.
I’m sorry that Mexico sucks, but that is no excuse for her citizens to keep coming here to exploit America’s sympathies in order to get free health care. The way I see it, if Mexico sucks so badly the Mexicans have two options: 1) legally apply for citizenship and wait your turn to enter out country legally, or 2) do what you have to do to change your country from within. Look, America is having enough problems right now, without them being added to by millions of illegals draining the system.
And, I wouldn’t go arguing that “right to life” stuff in America. We have a booming abortion industry that profits from killing babies, and then profit from putting their body parts on the market for resale. Plus, you have a right to life in the sense that no one has a right to take that life, but you don’t have a right to free medical care in order to prevent your death. I know it gets confusing if you listen to the current health care debate.
Illegals should not feel comfortable enough to complete interviews with major news outlets and openly seek free health services, and they certainly shouldn’t have the option of turning down a free trip home. They should automatically be sent home once it is discovered that they are in our country illegally. Maybe if we enforced our immigration laws illegal immigrants wouldn’t be so brazen, but we all know that’s not going to happen with a pro-amnesty president. Now, can someone, please, tell me again where in the health care reform bills it states, unequivocally, that illegal immigrants will not be able to use the free services or buy into the public option and where it says what measures, exactly, need to be taken to ensure this. Oh, that provision doesn’t exist. Shocking!
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It’s unfortunate that we have to maintain this relentless bombardment of our lawmakers in Washington. I almost cannot believe we have actually sustained several victories against the rich, powerful and the open border denizens? We have gained major headway in implementing E-Verify, the illegal immigrant worker extractor? But we cannot stop calling the Senators and representatives at 202-224-3121 and emphasizing the–THE AMERICAN WORKERS COMES FIRST. Demand they not table, but to install E-Verification on a permanent basis. If we release the strangle hold on those who influence our economic future, they will find a way to contain the program?
Sen. David Vitter offered an amendment that prevents any further delays in the implementation of the Social Security Administration’s No-Match-letter program. Sen. Jeff Sessions offered an amendment that requires all federal contractors to use E-Verify and a permanent re-authorization of the application. All American workers must keep an eye on Sen. Harry Reid, Speaker Pelosi, and HS chief Napolitano as they–WILL–make the effort to squash or weaken immigration laws and today might conspire to cut funding for E-Verify as of September 30?
In a move to block Sen. Sessions’ E-Verify amendment, the Senate leadership tried to table the amendment, but the motion failed and was later passed.
This is an outstanding win for 10 million jobless Americans whom are suffering? We are finally harnessing the Special Interest lobby as they are now raving mad. Congratulations go out to these politicians, who are fighting a perpetual battle against the massive corporate welfare program, called illegal immigration, which taxpayers have always supported. Illegal aliens and families are catered for through emergency rooms laws, while the legal population is hounded for unpaid bills. It is truly a massive impediment if foreign nationals can also access any health care reform that passes? Our phone calls should not stop until E-Verify is fully funded, in-perpetuity? 287 G must continue, which will give our police the training to question people of their immigration status. ICE raids must be reinstated on all suspicious businesses. More Border Patrol agents? Change birthright citizenship laws like Europe? E-Verify could have many use, including drivers licenses, health care, insurance in the mainstream state benefits verification? Last, but not least the Immigration Reform and Control Act must be enforced, not undermined so they can heave at us another path to citizenship. We cannot support another BLANKET AMNESTY. The last one was Mickey Mouse and driven by unparalleled fraud. Three websites have the raw ingredients of the undisclosed cost and other information at NUMBERSUSA, JUDICIAL WATCH & for OVERPOPULATION statistics CAPSWEB.
As for the 2010 Census? Small states will miss out big time on federal dollars, while mass illegal immigrant states will gain more seats in Congress and too much power and influence? Of course ICE could check the immigration status of those who are counted, even though it’s supposedly against US law? As an afterthought all those Americans who love there country must watch the History (International) cable documentary–”THE CRUMBLING OF AMERICA.”
Comment by Brittancus — September 30, 2009 @ 11:08 pm