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Parkland Hospital in Dallas
jon22 09-19-2007, 7:58 AM | Post #2439385 |  15 Replies
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Hey, they are just "hard working" people that want to earn enough to go back to their previous country, right? 

A little something to really make you all the more upset, but please do read it and be informed.
Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas This is pretty interesting in my opinion!
Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas , Texas is a fairly famous institution and for a variety of reasons:
1.  John F.  Kennedy died there in 1963
2.  Lee Harvey Oswald died there shortly after
3.  Jack Ruby-who killed Lee Harvey Oswald, died there a few years later..by coincidence "On the flip side, Parkland is also home to the second busiest maternity ward in the country with almost 16,000 new babies arriving each year.  (That's almost 44 per day---every day)
 
A recent patient survey indicated that 70 percent of the women who gave birth at Parkland in the first three months of 2006 were illegal immigrants.That's 11,200 anchor babies bo rn every year just in Dallas According to the article, the hospital spent $70.7 million delivering
15 ,938 babies in 2004 but managed to end up with almost $8 million dollars in surplus fun ding.  Medicaid kicked in $34.5 million, Dallas County taxpayers kicked in $31.3 million and the feds tossed in another $9.5 million.
 
The average patient in Parkland 's maternity wards is 25 years old, married and giving birth to her second child.  She is also an illegal immigrant.  By law, pregnant women cannot be denied medical care based on their immigration status or ability to pay.
 
OK, fine.  That doesn't mean they should receive better care than everyday, middle-class American citizens.  But at Parkland Hospital , they do.
" Parkland Memorial Hospital has nine prenatal clinics.
NINE.
The Dallas Morning Ne ws article followed a Hispanic woman who was a patient at one of the clinics and pregnant with her third child---her previous two were also born at Parkland .  Her first two deliveries were free and the Mexican native was gr ateful because it would have cost $200 to have them in Mexico This time, the hospital wants her to pay $10 per visit and $100 for or the delivery but she was unsure if she could come up with the money.  Not that it matters, the hospital won't turn her away.  (I wonder why they even bother asking at this point.)
 
"How long has this been going on?  What are the long-term affects?
Well, another subject of the article was born at Parkland in
1986 shortly after her mother entered the U.S.  illegally---now she is having her own child there as well.  (That's right, she's technically a U.S. citizen.) These women receive free prenatal care including medication, nutrition, birthi ng c lasses and child care classes.  They also get freebies such as car seats, bottles, diapers and formula.
Most of these things are available to American citizens as well but only for low-income applicants and even then, the red tape involved is almost insurmount able.
Because these women are illegal immigrants, they do not have to provide any sort of legitimate identification---no proof of income.
An American citizen would have to provide a social security number which would reveal their annual income---an illegal immigrant need only claim to be poor and the hospital must take them at their word.
 
"My husband is a pilot for the United States Navy (yes, he fought in Iraq ) and while the health care is good, we Navy wives don't get any of these perks!  Car seats?  Diapers?  Not so much.  So my question is this: Does our public medical care system treat illegal immigrant s bet ter than American citizens?  Yes it does!
 
As I mentioned, the care I have received is perfectly adequate but it's bare bones, meat and potato medical care---not top of line.
Their (the illegal) medical care is free---simply because they are illegal immigrants?  Once again, there is no way to verify their in come.
 
Parkland Hospital offers indigent care to Dallas County residents who earn less than $40,000 per year.  (They also have to prove that they did not refuse health coverage at their current job.  Yeah, the 'free' care is not so easy for Americans.)
There are about 140 patients who received roughly $4 million dollars for un-reimbursed medical care.  As it turns out, they did not qualify for free treatment because they resided outside of Dallas County So the hospital is going to sue them!  Illegals get it all free!  But U.S citizens who liv e outside of Dallas County get sued!  How stupid is this?
 As if that isn't annoying enough, the illegal immigrant patients are actually complaining about hospital staff not speaking Spanish.  In this AP story, the author speaks with a woman who is upset that she had to translate comments from the hospital staff into Spanish for her husband.  The doctor was trying to explain the si tuation to the family and the mother was forced to translate for her husband who only spoke Spanish.
 This was apparently a great injustice to her.
 
In an attempt to create a Spanish-speaking staff, Parkland Hospital is now providing incentives in the form of extra pay for applicants who speak Spanish.  Additionally, medical students at the University of Texas Southwestern for which Parkland Hospital is the training facility will now have a Spanish language requirement added to their already jammed-packed curriculum.  No other school in the country boasts such a ridiculous multi-semester (multicultural) requirement.
 

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Re: Parkland Hospital in Dallas
snowflake 09-19-2007, 8:40 AM | Post #2439398
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As usual, Jon, you're absolutely right about the red carpet treatment that indigent illegals receive.  Were it up to me I'd immediately deport these pregnant women back to Mexico.  Out the door they'd go regardless of need or medical urgency.

Then I'd also do the same for defense contractors, subsidized millionaire 'farmers' who abuse our AG grants and every other undeserving, 'game the system' tax loophole/earmark found in our federal budget.

Wanna' bet NEITHER will ever happen, Jon?  Unless of course we taxpayers subsidize a transport company for the 400,000 buses we'd need to round up and deport up to 20 million of these dangerous criminals and freeloaders.  Not to mention the admin and legal costs of the procedures involved.

Nor should we DARE to prosecute employers who employ them or landlords who rent to them.  Especially if those fine, law abiding American citizens have been regular small contributors to the republican party which protects their interests.  No, Jon, as usual you're right on this issue.  We need to go after the least powerful, least culpable and least able to defend themselves against the system.  I agree with you, Jon, ONLY THEREIN LIES A SOLUTION!

Peace and love,

Flakey 

 

 

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Flakey's solution to illegal immigration:
snowflake 09-19-2007, 9:01 AM | Post #2439408
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First we create the world's densest, most forbidding minefield along our southern and northern borders.  Then we use the required number of armed Global Hawk and Predator UCVs to electronically surveill the borders and mine fields.  These would shoot to kill any person trying to traverse these areas.  On the domestic front we should prosecute by draconian means any small or large businesses and landlords who employ or rent to illegal immigrants.  Next we should go after advocacy groups who lobby for illegal immigrants' interests and we should throw politicians out of office who take money from these people.  Another measure to combat illegal immigration would be to freeze or seize Mexican assets held here and abroad up to the amount necessary to enact my other proposals.

It's time to take off the gloves, Jon, in the fight against this national security threat, don't you think?

Peace and love,

Flakey 

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Did I miss the part Flakey,
jon22 09-19-2007, 9:47 AM | Post #2439429
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where you wanted to chop them into pieces?

Sure, best to divert the issue by taking it to the extreme...  but that is a Dem hallmark is it not Flakey.

Let's start by taking a very had look at what is wrong with Mexico.  Why would a country provide maps to another country, and instructions on how to demand benefits?  Why isn't the leftist media looking at this issue?

 The "round em up crowd" is using that as an extremist ploy to gain sentiment for the illegals.  Tell me who is suggesting that they be "rounded up"? 

Part of what you say, with employers, will solve some of the problem.

But, left un-checked, with Mexico sending it's poor for a visit to the US to have babies, get medical treatment etc, the US is acting like a medical wing for Mexico.  I think Flakey that you live in an insulated area.  Go to an emergency room in most hospitals in the country, and you can't get in unless you are having a heart attack.  The illegals go to the emergency rooms, 24/7, with their families and picnics, to gain everything from free immunizations, to free medical check ups.  You pay for it.  But you Dem/Socialist are so benevolent, that you want more of the picnic-ers.

Left un-checked, the illegals working in the US will demand voting rights.

Left un-checked, the illegals will dominate US politics, with the backing of a strong Mexican lobby, and we will see even more serious problems with entitilements. 

Left un-checked the Mexican lobby will demand no spending on defense, and huge entitlements.

The southwest would not secede from the US.  The entitlement benefits are too great.  They just want the US border removed aka "immigrants without borders".

US tax payers, US workers, struggling to make ends meet, are paying for free services for the invaders.  And Mexico laughs.  And then the Mexican lobby makes more demands for their people.

 You might not be able to deport (note I did not say 'round em up', as your extremist ploy to gain sentiment uses), but left un-checked, the US will never be the same as it was.  With the invasion will come socialism.  And you Flakey, should give up your tax deferred investments and partake in supporting the poor, hard working people from the south, that just want the freedom to earn a buck.  That brings on the big question that the media will not address:  WHAT IS WRONG WITH MEXICO?

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Jon, you're just gettin' soft on illegals!
snowflake 09-19-2007, 9:54 AM | Post #2439436
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What care I if we kill off these criminals?  What matters to me is MY tax money, MY investments and OUR border security.  I care as much for illegals as I do for Iraqi 'patriots' and Jeffersonian democrats.

Where am I wrong here, Jon?

Peace and love,

Flakey 

 

 

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Flakey, you are wrong when
jon22 09-19-2007, 10:08 AM | Post #2439443
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you to the extreme.  It just takes away from the real issue of illegal entry into the US and the problems that it poses.

You are wrong because you won't address the biased leftist media and their need to bring illegals into the country.  Sure, big business is pushing for cheap labor.  But big leftist media is push for votes, and this is what galls me, from non-citizens.

The politicians are courting the illegals like they are a voting block, not a criminal element.

I don't want to kill anyone.  I don't want to chop them to pieces.  I do want to preserve the country that our Constitution and our ancestors fought and died for.  We went to wars, like WW2, young men died to preserve our freedom.  Mexicans have no sense of fighting for freedom.  IF they did, they would fight for freedom in their own country.  They would rid themselves of the corruption and drug cartels.  The demonstrate in the streets of the US, why won't the Mexicans demonstrate in the streets of Mexico to bring and end to corruption and the drug cartels?  More risky eh?  That's right, they only make demands where they have the freedom to do so.  They won't fight for that freedom in their own country.  ...........   so their culture, their attitude of "take the path of least resistance", could bring about an end to our culture.

Not once Flakey have you quetioned Mexico's role in the invasion.  Not once has the leftist media questioned Mexico's role in the invasion.  Not once has the Republicans or Democrats questioned Mexico's role in the invasion of the US.  ........... 

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Sorry, Jon, I only do 'extreme' as it brings out the best in me
snowflake 09-19-2007, 10:19 AM | Post #2439454
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and clarifies issues.

You talk about the 'Mexican invasion', Jon?  Fine, I agree with THAT.  The obvious solution is to invade Mexico; after the picnic we've enjoyed in Iraq our impending Mexican War should be a cakewalk.  And I'm not the least bit concerned about casualties.  Why should I be?  We obviously don't care about the casualties on both sides in Iraq as much as we care for 'security' in the WOT or Iraqi oil.  The trouble with American extremists on both side is that they back away from their positions when confronted with the logical consequences of their positions.  They shouldn't be such wusses!  I say if you believe in something then GO FOR IT and let the CONSEQUENCES BE DAMNED!

Peace and love

Flakey 

 

 

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I don't understand your post
leonitis 09-19-2007, 10:26 AM | Post #2439459
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Are you saying that if we are at war in Iraq, then the Mexican invasion is OK?

What does the war in Iraq have to do with the Mexican Invasion?

 Could we also say that, the Health Care Plan cannot be put in to place until we resolve the Mexican invasion?

Some "consequences" Flakey can hurt you very bad.  Don't put on a pot of soup and hold your fingers in the pot until it is done, the consequences will hurt you, even though you will have your objective: soup.

Re: I don't understand your post
snowflake 09-19-2007, 10:35 AM | Post #2439468
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What's to understand, Leo?  To quote General Patton: "Americans LOVE a good fight.  Americans LOVE to WIN and HATE to LOSE!"  Why should we let a little war with Mexico get in the way of border security?

As for national health care, Leftie, the solution is OBVIOUS; just DON'T GET SICK!

Peace and love,

Flakey 

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OK Flakey, you want a war.
leonitis 09-19-2007, 11:41 AM | Post #2439497
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And I agree, don't get sick.

When I started working, I paid for my own healthcare through my employer.  Then "health plans" became a big "benefit".  As I was on the way out of that Company many years later, they were charging a small amount for health care.  .....  most working people in the US have access to health care plans,

The waitress at our local dining establishment just had her health care discontinued by her employer.  She needs to find another job, with better benefits.  Hillary's answer is to tell her to stay at her crummy job, and demand that she get free health care through our tax dollars....   NO ONE is without health care in the US.  The problem for the middle class, is that you have to spend all assets before you can get your free health care.  The illegal aliens don't have to worry about that, so they have complete comprehensive health care, not charge, for their families.

 If you can find a way to stash you assets in off shore accounts you can then get everything you want free, in the US.

We just can't afford to be the medical wing for Mexico. 

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Re: Parkland Hospital in Dallas
mdadigital 09-19-2007, 2:15 PM | Post #2439578
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All of these kids being born here are going to also get a free education here in the US. then they grow up have jobs and end up paying my social security in my old age.

Keep them coming, it's the American way...

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Apparently, you did not
leonitis 09-19-2007, 3:41 PM | Post #2439617
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read the entire post.  The next generation is already coming back for their free medical care with babies being born.....  see how much they pay into your SS.