Obamacare's Cost

[Vteckidd]

When you live in a place like this:



of course you are going to look elsewhere for opportunities. Barbed wire, guns, even Lou Dobbs' pockmarks and jowls aren't going to keep you from crossing a border.

I see nothing wrong with giving illegals first aid and emergency services as its a human rights issue. Its just basic human decency to help people who are in need of emergency care. Their lives don't have any less value just because they don't have green cards. They are human beings and should be treated as such.

But Bu Villain is correct, we are paying for both illegals and the indigent care under the current system.

but you cant bitch about the skyrocketing cost on one hand, then say cover everyone, EVEN ILLEGALS, on the other.

Why do you think insurance premiums go up? One of the main reasons are people that go to the emergency room and cant pay the $1000-10,000 tab. Many are illegals, many are also US Citizens.

Id rather cover citizens over illegals if i had to choose. Now we dont REFUSE care to anyone, but you have to draw the line somwehere.

But now you are opening the immigration can of worms.

I say make all of them work visas for 5 years and re-evaluate. Force them to register. If you get caught without registering you get deported no questions asked. if they are here to make a living and a better life, they should have no problem coming out of the woodwork and registering.

[Total_Blender]

[quote=Vetckkidd
I say make all of them work visas for 5 years and re-evaluate. Force them to register. If you get caught without registering you get deported no questions asked. if they are here to make a living and a better life, they should have no problem coming out of the woodwork and registering.[/quote]

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I can agree with that. These people are going to keep coming no matter how we deal with it, its best we figure out a way to work with it rather than keep using strategies that aren't working.

Politically I don't know if it would work out. The far right might see tougher visa regulations as "Big Brother government interference" or whatever. The far left would probably see it as profiling.

As far as the costs of emergency rooms... much of that is people who don't have insurance using the emergency room like a walk in clinic. If these people were covered and could go see a regular private practice MD it would alleviate some of the issues with emergency care.

Or maybe we could just go back to the good ole days of trading chickens and pigs for medical care?