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Originally Posted by chachacha
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.
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Anecdotal stories are a dime a dozen and anyone can say anything...without witnesses.
How about you do a little research and prove what this social worker
supposedly told you about how undocumented immigrants can get hospital bills/health care covered...is actually true?
Like I said previously, under EMTALA, PUBLIC (NOT private) hospitals are obligated to
stabilize all patients (regardless of citizenship status)...coming into the ER with
acute/life threatening medical issues.
That doesn't however, cover cancer treatment, wellness checkups. mammograms or...
chronic health issues.
In addition, the ACA does not legally allow undocumented workers health insurance either.
Illegal immigrants are covered under the health care law, chain email says | PolitiFact Florida
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The Affordable Care Act contains an individual mandate that requires individuals to purchase health insurance. It allows U.S. citizens and legal residents to purchase insurance on health insurance exchanges, often receiving tax credits.
But none of it applies to people who are here illegally. They don’t have to follow the mandate because they shouldn’t be here. They remain ineligible for regular Medicaid coverage, just as they are ineligible for food stamps. They cannot obtain coverage through state-based health insurance exchanges (thus, they are also ineligible for tax credits to offset the cost of getting that coverage).
Now, certain low-income illegal immigrants are eligible for emergency Medicaid coverage, including childbirth and surgery. And federal law requires hospitals not to turn away individuals for emergency treatment, even if they are uninsured (or undocumented), according to the National Immigration Law Center.
But those policies predate the Affordable Care Act.
"They don’t get health insurance, which is coverage, which is different than a hospital getting reimbursed for Medicaid," said Laura Goodhue, executive director of Florida Chain, a consumer health advocacy group.
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Having said that, there are SOME localities that have chosen to give SOME care to undocumented immigrants...but it is NOT required under federal law.
But unlike what you (and many of the other selfish/cold-hearted righties) believe...those that are here illegally are NOT entitled to health care.
I'm sorry if the truth clashes with what you were told, and apparently believe, by those who have the attitude of...
'I got mine...screw you.'
Speaking of which, going back to one of my earlier posts....why don't you have the guts and honesty to just admit that's how you feel? 
Deepest Sincere Wishes:
