Free Healthcare For Illegals Continues… The ObamaCare Way

obamacare-free-for-illegals

In 2009, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)
estimated that the yearly cost of providing healthcare for illegal
aliens was $10.7 billion.
It was a difficult figure to approximate as hospitals are not permitted
to ask if an emergency room patient is in the country illegally. ~ Doug Book

After
all, should an exact total of monies spent even on the delivery of
anchor babies (about $10,000 per “anchor”) become known, it would enrage
an American public which Democrats especially hope to keep blissfully
ignorant about one of the principle reasons for skyrocketing healthcare
and health insurance prices—uncompensated costs.

In 1986, EMTALA
was signed into law. Part of the COBRA act, EMTALA requires hospitals
to provide treatment to anyone who needs it regardless of citizenship
status or ability to pay. As the government does NOT reimburse hospitals
for such care, a number of hospitals nationwide were forced to close
their doors, being unable to provide millions of dollars in free
services.

Though hospitals are able to recoup a minimal portion of this massive
expense via Medicaid reimbursement, the only way to remain solvent is
by raising prices to paying patients. Naturally, this drives up the cost
of both healthcare and health insurance.

Enter Barack Obama and his namesake “healthcare” program. When arguing the constitutionality of ObamaCare before the Supreme Court,
Solicitor General Donald Verrilli claimed that the individual mandate
requiring everyone either purchase health insurance or pay a penalty was
necessary in order to stop the  practice of charging “…uncompensated
costs … directly to other market participants…”

In short, the Regime was ostensibly outraged that responsibility for
payment of these uncompensated costs was being placed on others by
healthcare providers who routinely  “…charge[d] higher rates in order to
cover the cost of uncompensated care…”  

Mr. Obama’s Justice Department minions argued
that although millions of Americans did not WANT to purchase health
insurance, the federal government had both a right and an obligation to
force them to do so in order to halt the “unfair practice” of the
uninsured taking advantage of and driving up prices for the insured!

So by charging EVERYONE, whether they wanted insurance or not, there
would be no more unfair, uncompensated costs because everyone would be
paying for healthcare!  The freeloaders, formerly gaming the system by
getting free care paid by others, would now be forced to pay their “fair
share!”

Did Congress consider changing the EMTALA LAW–the real reason for
uncompensated costs–rather than forcing ObamaCare on the American
people? Of course not.  

Will illegals have to buy healthcare? No. They
will STILL be getting “free” care, paid by those who ARE required to buy
ObamaCare approved healthcare or pay a “penalty.” (A “TAX” if you’re
Justice Roberts.)

In short, thanks to ObamaCare, billions in healthcare costs for illegals will be neatly covered up by
the individual mandate. And Democrats will eagerly state that illegals
are NOT being covered by ObamaCare and that any healthcare expense
associated with illegals is at worst minimal.

It’s the LEAST the Democrat Party can do for 30 million undocumented voters, isn’t it!

 

Doug Book – April 17, 2013 – posted at WesternJournalism

 

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Free Healthcare For Illegals Continues… The ObamaCare Way

obamacare-free-for-illegals

In 2009, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)
estimated that the yearly cost of providing healthcare for illegal
aliens was $10.7 billion.
It was a difficult figure to approximate as hospitals are not permitted
to ask if an emergency room patient is in the country illegally. ~ Doug Book

After
all, should an exact total of monies spent even on the delivery of
anchor babies (about $10,000 per “anchor”) become known, it would enrage
an American public which Democrats especially hope to keep blissfully
ignorant about one of the principle reasons for skyrocketing healthcare
and health insurance prices—uncompensated costs.

In 1986, EMTALA
was signed into law. Part of the COBRA act, EMTALA requires hospitals
to provide treatment to anyone who needs it regardless of citizenship
status or ability to pay. As the government does NOT reimburse hospitals
for such care, a number of hospitals nationwide were forced to close
their doors, being unable to provide millions of dollars in free
services.

Though hospitals are able to recoup a minimal portion of this massive
expense via Medicaid reimbursement, the only way to remain solvent is
by raising prices to paying patients. Naturally, this drives up the cost
of both healthcare and health insurance.

Enter Barack Obama and his namesake “healthcare” program. When arguing the constitutionality of ObamaCare before the Supreme Court,
Solicitor General Donald Verrilli claimed that the individual mandate
requiring everyone either purchase health insurance or pay a penalty was
necessary in order to stop the  practice of charging “…uncompensated
costs … directly to other market participants…”

In short, the Regime was ostensibly outraged that responsibility for
payment of these uncompensated costs was being placed on others by
healthcare providers who routinely  “…charge[d] higher rates in order to
cover the cost of uncompensated care…”  

Mr. Obama’s Justice Department minions argued
that although millions of Americans did not WANT to purchase health
insurance, the federal government had both a right and an obligation to
force them to do so in order to halt the “unfair practice” of the
uninsured taking advantage of and driving up prices for the insured!

So by charging EVERYONE, whether they wanted insurance or not, there
would be no more unfair, uncompensated costs because everyone would be
paying for healthcare!  The freeloaders, formerly gaming the system by
getting free care paid by others, would now be forced to pay their “fair
share!”

Did Congress consider changing the EMTALA LAW–the real reason for
uncompensated costs–rather than forcing ObamaCare on the American
people? Of course not.  

Will illegals have to buy healthcare? No. They
will STILL be getting “free” care, paid by those who ARE required to buy
ObamaCare approved healthcare or pay a “penalty.” (A “TAX” if you’re
Justice Roberts.)

In short, thanks to ObamaCare, billions in healthcare costs for illegals will be neatly covered up by
the individual mandate. And Democrats will eagerly state that illegals
are NOT being covered by ObamaCare and that any healthcare expense
associated with illegals is at worst minimal.

It’s the LEAST the Democrat Party can do for 30 million undocumented voters, isn’t it!

 

Doug Book – April 17, 2013 – posted at WesternJournalism

 

Source Article from http://www.knowthelies.com/node/8835

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