A Florida hospital administrator whose facility is overwhelmed with the exorbitant cost of treating illegal immigrants told state lawmakers that federal authorities usually ignore when the hospital reports illegal immigrants.
Testifying before a state House committee, the frustrated Martin Memorial Medical Center official also told legislators that the hospital has spent more than a quarter of a million dollars to fight a lawsuit from an uninsured illegal immigrant returned to his native country after racking up a $1.5 million bill.
The lawsuit has further burdened the south Florida facility already overwhelmed with sick and uninsured illegal immigrants. It involves a Guatemalan Mayan farm worker who was hospitalized for 3 ½ years at the Stuart facility with severe brain injuries sustained in a car wash.
After receiving a judge’s permission, the hospital put him on a plane back to Guatemala in 2003 and it has been fighting a costly legal battle since. The case was appealed in 2006 and is still pending in south Florida’s Martin County. This means the hospital’s legal bills will continue mounting.
The facility has also spent a substantial amount of money treating a brain damaged illegal immigrant from Mexico for the past two years and officials estimate that half of the 2,170 births last year were to illegal immigrants. That, of course, means no insurance and no money to pay for the costly medical tab.
The recent House testimony got practically no media coverage and was attended by only a few people at the state capitol in Tallahassee. After all, Florida’s House Speaker, Marco Rubio, is an ardent defender of illegal immigrants who certainly doesn’t want to publicize the dark side of illegal immigration or the huge toll it’s having on his state.
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Grateful for JW
I'm grateful for Judicial Watch for keeping us informed about the cost of illegal immigration on the USA and for all the diligent work that JW does.
the cost of illegals
88 hospitals have closed in Southern CA due to the expense of caring for illegal aliens.
The burden of entire countries who are corrupt and hold the very rich oil money in the hands of a few families (ie Mexico) put onto the average American citizen is getting too much to bear.
I never thought I would say this but I am beginning to feel sorry for Americans. Their jobs are being outsourced, they have no medical coverage while paying through the nose for foreigners who come from rich oil countries like Mexico. They have no representation in government and there are very wealthy "elites" who want to give their country away for the "global good".
I really feel for the citizens of Florida and this hospital and I hope they vote their "representative" Marco Rubio out of office. He obviously likes foreigners who break the laws of America - over American citizens who are paying the costs by the sweat equity of their labor and life.
Illegal immigrants using up everything we have worked for
It is totally appalling to learn of these travesties. Doesn't anyone else see that you really have to work for the perks? Go home illegalsm, and fight your fights there. Eventually, you will make a difference in your own countries.
Do you simply want to see us drained dry? Right now, making a move to another country (legally) sounds very inviting. I say this because it seems as though the USA cannot support its own citizens anymore without taxing us out of our homes.
Who among us doesn't understand the word "illegal?"
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