Sick illegal immigrant costs one county $400,000

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Sick illegal immigrant costs one county $400,000

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Monday, August 16. 2010

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An illegal immigrant who suffered a stroke while in custody has cost a Georgia county $400,000 in medical bills.

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#1 Anonymous on 08/16/10 at 10:17 AM

WE pay for his hospital bills AND he gets off scot free!!! A better way to save 'future bills' is to take him back where he came from. BUT, he can't go back because the USA protects HIM and NOT the LEGAL US citizens that REALLY need the help !?!?!?!?!
but then the legal citizens in this country who NEED help, who are NOT criminals and are NOT leeches of welfare, can NOT get medical help!! Some people say you CAN get FREE health care in US, but my daughter, who does NOT have insurance and can NOT find a job, can NOT get medicaid, had to go to ER in Griffin and did NOT get it FREE!!! They have even gotten a lawyer to send her letters after the money she can not pay.
Why won't they do this to the SORRY PEOPLE!?!?!

#1.1 Pike Patriot Homeowner on 08/16/10 at 12:25 PM

All you republicians sound just alike. The man is a human being, not a piece of rotten meat. Pray for him, he has a family somewhere that cannot get into America because all the border patrol thugs are knocking heads. We are a free society, if not we would never have given Obama the opportunity to be our president. Only in America can a Kenyan rise to the level of being a great leader.

IN GOD WE TRUST

#1.1.1 Anonymous on 08/16/10 at 03:02 PM

hospitals treat uninsured LEGAL AMERICANS like ROTTEN MEAT !!!
If we were a FREE SOCIETY, there would be no such thing as ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, correct??
Anyone who agrees with what is stated in this article is just beyond sense to me.

#2 rhoda dunn on 08/16/10 at 12:39 PM

if you are a citizen of u.s.a. and go to the emergency room without insurance, you are seen and nothing is done, you are sent back home to die. a rediculous bill follows for no help at all. a vicious cycle for americans.

#2.1 Anonymous on 08/16/10 at 12:54 PM

No, they do give you 10 pain pills each time. Then send you home.

#2.1.1 rhoda dunn on 08/16/10 at 06:20 PM

thats the vicious cycle. if they would fix the problem, you would not need pain pills and would not need to go back.

#3 Question on 08/16/10 at 02:01 PM

Are Claytonites considered illegal immigrants if they flee south to Pike County to become executive county employees? Like the Mayor of Lovejoy who resides in Pike County. Or like Fire Chiefs, Planning Directors, Code Enforcement Officers or just simple minded Carpetbaggers? Could we send them back eventhough it could be hazardous to their health?

#4 Anonymous on 08/16/10 at 02:12 PM

let's all cry I'M INDIGENT!

#5 Paco Taco on 08/16/10 at 02:33 PM

Por qué hace no usted greengo se baja de las espaldas. Trabajamos duramente, coches de compra y camiones. Compramos mucho alimento también. Entonces acaba de besar mi asno café si usted no lo quiere.

Translate this and respond.

#5.1 DMG on 08/17/10 at 06:30 AM

Well...Paco,

You have made a valid point as to some individuals that sponge of the government and refuse to work. Hispanic workers do spend their hard earned wages in the local economy.

However, you forget the overall issue and that is that you are here illegally. That fact is paramount despite your "small" economic contributions to local vendors. You and your ilk are sponges like the "gringos" you mention in your statement, which choose to depend on the government for financial sustenance.

I don't have a problem with you "legally" applying for citizenship to this country, but to hide and take advantage of the services or rights of legal citizens of this country only demonstrates that you do not wish to be an American citizen. You wish to remain as a burden to be carried by hard working citizens. Or very much like those you mentioned in your statement.

So which do you despise more, the lazy gringos or yourself?

#5.2 Gary Moore on 08/17/10 at 09:17 AM

Si se encuentra en los Estados Unidos de manera ilegal, que no son bienvenidos. Por favor regrese a su país de nacimiento y solicite entrar a Estados Unidos legalmente. Cuando son legales será recibido como un amigo. Cuando son ilegales, usted es un criminal.

#6 Pike Patriot Homeowner on 08/16/10 at 02:58 PM

I am an idiot who enjoys pushing everyones buttons.

#6.1 fat bass tard on 08/16/10 at 04:47 PM

if you had only stopped before the "who".

#6.2 Sheila Tolley on 08/16/10 at 05:54 PM

And we love you!

#7 know what on 08/16/10 at 03:31 PM

The spanish blog above translates into.
WE'RE GOING TO SCREW YOU GRINGO!!!

#8 you are the sicko on 08/16/10 at 05:03 PM

Your the one who lost your buttons. It is obvious to all. You cannot even change your topic on the "polecat5" without your buttons. If I were not a nice guy I would tell you where to look for your buttons.

#9 George Fulmore on 08/17/10 at 11:49 PM

Leaving aside, for the moment, that the guy was "illegal" and all, how does the bill get to be $400,000? I just heard of a lady with a broken leg who ran up a bill of $135,000 for an overnight and fix-the-leg stay. And I heard of another guy who went to the emergency with a nosebleed, who owed $6,000 when it was over...and he was never admitted! Where does all this end? How do we control to outrageous "costs" from doctors and hospitals? You can bet your bippy that the doctors and hospitals will never get paid the $400,000 that they "billed" for this guy. They get what they get, then write off the rest as an "expense." It is outrageous. Forget the "illegal alien" part of the story. Focus on a bill for a stroke in a hospital coming to $400,000! How many of us could pay for that? Someone under Medicare with a 20% co-pay would have to come up with $80,000! Ridiculous!

#9.1 Pollcat 50 on 08/18/10 at 05:56 AM

Send it to Obama Death Panel.

#10 Pike Patriot Homeowner on 08/18/10 at 06:16 AM

The guy should have married someone on the BOE then all his medical bills would have been paid, he would have become a US citizen with unemployment benefits, foodstamps and welfare.

IN GOD WE TRUST

#10.1 Anonymous on 08/18/10 at 07:40 AM

Mercy, does foodstamps buy the flour, crisco and buttermilk for church biscuits? Opp's left out the cornmeal for JC's Famous Firehouse Cornbread.

#11 Anonymous on 08/18/10 at 01:54 PM

''The guy should have married someone on the BOE then all his medical bills would have been paid,''

What?? They ARE being paid, by YOU and the rest of the GA taxpayers.

'' Forget the "illegal alien" part of the story. Focus on a bill for a stroke in a hospital coming to $400,000! How many of us could pay for that?''

none of us, but we couldn't have the GA taxpayers pay for it, either, like this 'illegal alien' can.

#11.1 fat bass tard on 08/19/10 at 09:09 AM

health insurance is the reason doctors charge so much.

if we all get rid of health insurance, doctors will be back to working for a chicken.

#11.1.1 Anonymous on 08/19/10 at 06:24 PM

Thank Nixon for HMO's.

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