Can't believe this...

[gwenneth]

My and the girls' medical bills have come in at something like $400,000. We can't get ANY government assistance in paying them because Eric makes $38,000 a year. Trust me, I've tried every social services program area I can think of. And I know the DSS commissioner, and even HE said there was nothing. (Of course if the twins had been LOWER

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[frenchpony]

What kind of health insurance do you have? A good company should cough up for a complicated pregnancy like that one was

[gwenneth]

Yeh, I know that getting rid of the illegal immigrant problem won't funnel THOSE resources to us, but it's a start in my opinion. At least those resources will be freed up. It will take some good electedofficials to put the money where it needs to go. Unfortunately, many AMERICANS still screw the system too. Like people who get on government insurance programs by lying about their income and wending their way around reporting assets. I know a few of them and it irks me to no end. They might get caught someday, and hopefully they will, but until then they are sitting pretty

[frenchpony]

it's just a shame that the country will do nothing to help us when we have contributed every week to it. I don't know, some people might disagree with me, but I fully believe if you pay into the system, it ought to help you out in times of great need.

That right there is the description of the need for socialized medicine. That's exactly what our government is unwilling to do, illegal immigrants or no. If the illegal immigrants weren't there, and the resources weren't needed, they'd go to a tax cut for the rich.

[meggins]

That income only is considered and on-going expenditures aren't has always bugged me, too.

Otherwise, frenchpony has elucidated the case for socialized medicine far more eloquently that I could have. As she also pointed out. the immigration situation is a separate problem. Solving it, no matter what your solution might be, won't really make a dent on the health care situation.