The Miami Herald
A little-publicized provision in the Medicare bill passed late last year will make about $1 billion available to hospitals, such as Jackson Memorial Hospital, that provide emergency care to undocumented immigrants.( Hah, they're called Illegal aliens).
The money would chip away at the growing amount of so-called ''charity care'' that many hospitals say poses a serious financial burden. In 2001, the last year for which figures were available, Jackson Memorial spent $37 million to treat about 6,600 uninsured and undocumented patients. ( There they go again, I think they mean illegal alien patients. Undocumented patients have lots of documents, they are called counterfiet, fraudulent, matricular ids or stolen social security numbers.)
Nationally, some estimates by healthcare analysts place the total amount hospitals pay to treat undocumented people (again, illegal alien people) who cannot pay their medical bills at about $2 billion. Florida ranks behind California, Texas and Arizona in the amount its hospitals spend on care for undocumented patients (illegal alien patients, send the bill to Mexico).
Much of the new federal money, (excuse me, that's taxpayer money) which will be allocated over four years, will be given directly to hospitals in states that have the highest numbers of undocumented migrants. (let's say it again, Illegal Aliens) The Department of Health and Human Services, which administers Medicare and Medicaid, must still hammer out a formula to decide how much to give to individual hospitals that qualify for the money. (That's your taxpayer money, no matter which state you live in. Fed gov collects it from you through your income tax and redistributes it to illegal aliens. A'int President George W. Bush guest-worker (amnesty proposal) sounding better all the time? I didn't think so.)
Officials said they could not provide an estimate of how much money (your taxpayer money) Florida hospitals would receive.
Federal officials said they hope to have an application ready by September for funds (again, your taxpayer money) that will become available starting next year.
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