Comments on: http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/06/how-treating-migrants-may-be-crippling.html Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/06/how-treating-migrants-may-be-crippling.html#comment-53188 Anonymous Fri, 03 Jun 2005 04:37:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2005/06/18407.html#comment-53188 Where are these illegal migrants going except to work in U.S. industries that are willing to hire them on the sly? They know they can get their labor on the cheap while not having to pay for benefits that would at least bring their employees to the hospital with some form of insurance when they needed care. It is as much the employers of illegals as it is the federal government that is dumping on the border hospitals. And the abject failure of the Federal government to halt the flow of illegals is indirectly subsidizing the labor costs of these same industries, at the expense of state and local governments, and private hospitals and their staff. And it isn't just a border problem either; the same problems are happening in the mid-Atlantic states, too.<br/><br/>It isn't just pandering to the voters; there is quite a bit of pandering to the sleazier business interests as well. I don't hear George W. complaining too much, I wonder why? Where are these illegal migrants going except to work in U.S. industries that are willing to hire them on the sly? They know they can get their labor on the cheap while not having to pay for benefits that would at least bring their employees to the hospital with some form of insurance when they needed care. It is as much the employers of illegals as it is the federal government that is dumping on the border hospitals. And the abject failure of the Federal government to halt the flow of illegals is indirectly subsidizing the labor costs of these same industries, at the expense of state and local governments, and private hospitals and their staff. And it isn’t just a border problem either; the same problems are happening in the mid-Atlantic states, too.

It isn’t just pandering to the voters; there is quite a bit of pandering to the sleazier business interests as well. I don’t hear George W. complaining too much, I wonder why?

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/06/how-treating-migrants-may-be-crippling.html#comment-53182 Anonymous Fri, 03 Jun 2005 02:26:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2005/06/18407.html#comment-53182 I believe the term is "anchor baby". The issue that being born in the USA automatically makes you a citizen. I believe the term is “anchor baby”. The issue that being born in the USA automatically makes you a citizen.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/06/how-treating-migrants-may-be-crippling.html#comment-53180 Anonymous Fri, 03 Jun 2005 02:11:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2005/06/18407.html#comment-53180 To Anon 8:30 -- you are absolutely right, but it's not PC to refer to illegal immigrants as such, had you noticed? hence the touchier feelier 'migrants' -- it's considered more ummm neutral. Hence all the more reason to refer to the persons concerned as illegal immigrants, because it IS their status as illegal that is the issue here. Good call. To Anon 8:30 — you are absolutely right, but it’s not PC to refer to illegal immigrants as such, had you noticed? hence the touchier feelier ‘migrants’ — it’s considered more ummm neutral. Hence all the more reason to refer to the persons concerned as illegal immigrants, because it IS their status as illegal that is the issue here. Good call.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/06/how-treating-migrants-may-be-crippling.html#comment-53177 Anonymous Fri, 03 Jun 2005 00:30:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2005/06/18407.html#comment-53177 Kevin, you need to change your headline. It would be horribly unjust to imply that "migrants" should not be getting health care.<br/><br/>What you mean is illegal immigrants. Kevin, you need to change your headline. It would be horribly unjust to imply that “migrants” should not be getting health care.

What you mean is illegal immigrants.

]]> By: Bob Vineyard, CLUhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/06/how-treating-migrants-may-be-crippling.html#comment-53175 Bob Vineyard, CLU Thu, 02 Jun 2005 22:42:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2005/06/18407.html#comment-53175 You <b>do</b> realize the government really doesn't pay for anything. They simply take OUR money, launder it, then spend it as if it were their own. You do realize the government really doesn’t pay for anything. They simply take OUR money, launder it, then spend it as if it were their own.

]]> By: DrTonyhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/06/how-treating-migrants-may-be-crippling.html#comment-53170 DrTony Thu, 02 Jun 2005 17:20:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2005/06/18407.html#comment-53170 Oddly enough, the federal government, in an attempt to pander to immigrants, has agreed to foot the bill for "illegals." See <a HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/10/heallth.illegal.ap/" REL="nofollow">this article</a>:<br/><br/>"Health care providers can charge the government for emergency care provided to illegal aliens beginning Tuesday."<br/><br/>But the federal government won't be footing the bill for those uninsured US citizens I cared for in the ER last night. Oddly enough, the federal government, in an attempt to pander to immigrants, has agreed to foot the bill for “illegals.” See this article:

“Health care providers can charge the government for emergency care provided to illegal aliens beginning Tuesday.”

But the federal government won’t be footing the bill for those uninsured US citizens I cared for in the ER last night.

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