The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by Motorboat Cruiser

But, isn't the idea that many health care facilities are closing because they are completely overwhelmed by illegal immigrants also scary?

That's a myth.

I was just recently doing some research on this as it affects LA County, but I don't have the data here at work. I'll post the actual numbers (and their sources) tonight when I get home, but here is what I remember of the top of my head:

About 2 million uninsured persons in LA County (out of a population of 10 million).

There are aproximately 800,000 illegal aliens in LA County, of these, about 50,000 are on Medi-Cal (receiving emergancy room and pregnancy related services only).

So, out of the 2 million uninsured in LA county, only about 750,000 - or 37.5% - are illegal. And that is assuming that none of those 750,000 have some other type of coverage.

So, are we going to persecute the 1.25 million legal aliens and citizens who are uninsured and clogging-up the health care system, as well?