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Article #1923Re: U.S. to Pay Hospitals for Illegals' Care
From: arminius
Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 13:26
Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 13:26
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<johnny@.> wrote in message news:ZiTfe.13896$RG2.2487@bignews5.bellsouth.net... > > May 9, 2005, 6:07 PM EDT > > WASHINGTON -- Health care providers can charge the government for > emergency care provided to illegal aliens beginning Tuesday. > > The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued final guidance > Monday that sets up a system for reimbursement. Lawmakers set aside $1 > billion over four years for the program, created by Medicare legislation > passed in 2003. > > > Two-thirds of the money will be distributed to health care providers > based on a state's percentage of undocumented aliens. The remaining > third will go to providers in the six states with the largest number of > arrests of undocumented aliens. > > The states receiving the highest amounts in the current fiscal year are > California, $70.8 million; Texas, $46 million; Arizona, $45 million; and > New York, $12.25 million. > > Payments to providers will be made on a quarterly basis and will be > adjusted proportionately if the bills exceed the state's allocation. > > http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-health-care-illegal-aliens,0,4087873.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines > > That comes out of your check each week. That is billion dollars that > Americans citizens won't be able to use.
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