Immigration and Healthcare

Paper Summary:

In this article the writer discusses the issue of illegal immigration and health care in the US. The writer notes that one aspect of this issue is that illegal immigration is blamed for the deteriorating quality of health care in the Unites States. Specifically, the writer points out that illegal immigration is often blamed for the closing of hospitals. This essay examines hospital closures in California, an area hard-hit by the influx of illegal aliens. The writer concludes that illegal immigration and its attendant costs played only a minimal role in recent hospital closures, so that the link between immigration and hospital closure is, at best, not proven.

From the Paper:

"The cost of care that a hospital must provide before it can safely discharge a patient can be very extensive and extremely expensive. In the first case in which the United States Supreme Court dealt with EMTALA, the patient was life-flighted to a hospital. In emergency surgery, doctors removed her spleen. She then remained in acute care, on a ventilator, for some two months. At the point when the hospital was about to transfer her to a nursing home, she developed severe complications and had to be returned to acute care for an additional six months."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Baxter v. Holy Cross Hospital of Silver Spring, 155 F.3d 557 (4th Cir. 1998).
• California's Closed Hospitals, 1995-2000. Petris Center on Health Care Markets and Consumer Welfare. May 9, 20001. <http://caag.state.ca.us/ charities/publications/nonprofithosp/ report.pdf.>
• Cherukuri v. Shalala, 175 F.3d 446 (6th Cir. 1999).
• Cosman, Madeline. "Illegal Aliens and EMTALA." Rense.com. Nov. 12, 2006.<http://www.rense.com/ general63/emta.htm>.
• Darmiento, Laurence. "Hospitals fear 'chilling effect' of immigration questions." Los Angeles Business Journal. Aug. 9, 2004. Nov. 12, 2006. <http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m5072/ is_32_26/ai_n6179918?lstpn=article_results&lstpc =search&lstpr=external&lstprs=other&lstwid=1&lstwn=search_ results&lstwp=body_middle.>

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• Persuasive Essay # 105021 : "Illegal Immigrants and Healthcare"
• Analytical Essay # 130729 : "Illegal Immigration and Hospital Closures: A Case Not Proven"
• Analytical Essay # 134548 : "African Immigrants and Health care"

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