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Shannon Coco

FACTBOX-Illegal immigrants and U.S. healthcare debate| Reuters - 0 views

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illegal immigrants healthcare emergency President Barack Obama insurance

shared by Shannon Coco on 08 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Critics also argue that healthcare costs are higher in the United States because illegal immigrants, who often lack insurance and don't pay taxes, drain precious healthcare dollars through trips to emergency rooms and clinics.
    • Shannon Coco
      Shannon Coco on 08 Sep 09
       
      Because they do not have healthcare, illegal immigrants go to the emergency rooms and clinics when they get sick. Since it is an "emergency," the cost of treatment, seeing them, x-rays, etc is at least 3 times more expensive than it would be to have the same things done in a doctor's office. Therefore, illegal immigrants are costing the government more money now than they would if we provided them with healthcare.
  • or 15.3 percent of the U.S. population, who lack health insurance
  • A total of 9.7 million among the uninsured said they were "not a citizen."
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  • Illegal immigrants work disproportionately in jobs that do not provide health insurance
  • Shannon Coco on 08 Sep 09
     
    Because they do not have healthcare, illegal immigrants go to the emergency rooms and clinics when they get sick. Since it is an "emergency," the cost of treatment, seeing them, x-rays, etc is at least 3 times more expensive than it would be to have the same things done in a doctor's office. Therefore, illegal immigrants are costing the government more money now than they would if we provided them with healthcare.
Libba Farrar

Center for Immigration Studies - 0 views

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Immigration Poverty Education Health Care Economic Dimensions

shared by Libba Farrar on 05 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Libba Farrar on 05 Oct 09
     
    Illegal immigration into the United States from Mexico has increasing become a topic for debate. The Mexican government seeks Illegal-Alien Amnesty; however, the United States, under the Bush Administration, believed in building a 'guestworker' program, which in theory would address the educational deficits amongst the incoming immigrant workers. Immigrant workers who enter the United States are coming from areas of poverty which lack adequate educational facilities and due to the lack of financial prosperity young adults are frequently withdrawing from school to try and turn a profit for the family. The cheap labor that comes into the United States comes at a high cost to the natives as it increases the poor population and the amount of people relying on welfare programs. Analysis of the statistics show that the amount of households headed by immigrants make up the majority of the poor population on welfare and without health care insurance; therefore, the United States is seeking to establish policies that address both issues in the welfare system as well as the policies regarding hiring unskilled immigrant workers.
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