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Immigration: The flood of illegal aliens coming into the U.S. is forcing the closure of hospitals, spreading previously vanquished disease and threatening America's health care system.
This is the conclusion of a report in the spring 2005 issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. Between 1993 and 2003, it notes, some 60 California hospitals closed their doors and another 24 are on the verge of closure largely because of uncompensated medical costs due to the required treatment of any illegal alien who can make it into an emergency room.
While the cost of health care continues to rise along with the number of Americans who lack health insurance, the cost of illegal alien health care is crippling hospitals across the country.
Posted by Suzanne at June 2, 2005