i don't know where to start with answering some of these posts....the safety net is medicaid. if you think illegals don't get health care, let me relate my experience at Tampa Gen Hospital when my LEGAL immigrant husband was dying and in a coma in intensive care for 16 days...the social worker asked me if he was here legally, and i of course told her all he went through to get here legally. her response? "Oh, that's too bad, because if he were here illegally there are government programs to pay for that." in addition, when my granddaughter was being treated for cancer at Denver Children's hospital, many if not the majority of the patients were from countries in latin america and i am sure they did not have the means to pay for this care. my daughter and her husband are still paying bills from their American child's life saving care which thank God was almost eight years ago and she is well. they are not complaining about paying these bills....they do not expect the govt to take care of them. and no one should.
as for the comments about ER not doing mammograms etc, it has been my experience that most states have programs for women who can't afford one or have no insurance.