Re: Another ER may be closing


"W. Baker" <wbaker@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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naneklund@xxxxxxx wrote:
: I wrote about my ER experience (kidney stone) in December when I had to
: wait, in pain, from 3 a.m. to 8 a.m. before seeing a doctor. And then
: didn't get out until 4 p.m. because the CAT scan and lab were so jammed
: up. (Although I didn't care by then; morphine is lovely stuff.)

: Anyway I had a recurrance of something which caused a bladder blockage
: (another horribly painful thing) and this time called my primary doctor
: who sent me to an urgent care facility. Wait? Less than an hour. And
: that was mostly showing my insurance card, giving them data, etc.
: Everyone there either had insurance or paid something. (I overheard
: one charge, all of $20. Probably a co-pay.)

: Of course the urgent care place was 12 miles away vs 2 for my local ER
: but what the heck.

: Southern California is SUFFERING from ILLEGAL immigrants. Schools,
: hospitals, jails, roads - the list is horrible. And Mexico has army
: and guards on their Southern border and objects to our doing the same
: on our border. As the widow of a first generation immigrant and
: daughter of another, I'm hardly prejudiced against LEGAL immigrants but
: I'm beginning to hate the illegals.

: Nan, Type 2

Certain national descions have to be thoght out and reached.

1-If we want to stop illegal immegrants the place to start is enforcing
the laws already on the boks against the emplyers. If there is no way
ofgetting a job, then people won't come, orat least not in the numbers tht
do come.

The laws only require that the employer checks the ID of the employees, not
verify that they aren't forged.

2. If, as the empployers say, we need the workers then we do not have
enough imegrantw through teh legal channels and we have to greatly
increase the number of legals by changing quotas and easing up the long
and complicated waits for entry visa. If it is esy to get the entry visa,
why go through the difficulties of illegal entry?

3. If there are enough US citizens to do the work, but not at the low
wages employers are willing to pay,, and only cowed, illegalas with no
recourse to sue for minimum wages, benefits, workers' rights, etc, then
something is very wrong. If the only way America can compete or do the
jobs that are needed is to sneak in third wolrd labor and pay third world
wages, we have more problems with teh future of this country than we are
willing to face.

Or people just start cutting their own lawns for a change.

The reality of the matter is that employers of illegal aliens are just
passing on the cost of employement (like insurance, education) to everyone
else in the economy. Walmart does the same thing.

Jeff

I don't know the answers, but I have the feeling that others are not
asking the right questions.

Wendy


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