> Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas , Texas
>
> Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas , Texas is a fairly famous
> institution and for a variety of reasons:
>
> 1. John F. Kennedy died there in 1963
> 2. Lee Harvey Oswald died there shortly after
> 3. Jack Ruby-who killed Lee Harvey Oswald, died there a few years
> later..by coincidence
>
> On the flip side, Parkland is also home to the second busiest
maternity
> ward in the country with almost 16,000 new babies arriving each year.
> (That's almost 44 per day---every day)
>
> A recent patient survey indicated that 70 percent of the women who
gave
> birth at Parkland in the first three months of 2006 were illegal
> immigrants.That's 11,200 anchor babies born every year just in Dallas
> According to the article, the hospital spent $70.7 million delivering
15,938
> babies in 2004 but managed to end up with almost $8 million dollars in
> surplus funding. Medicaid kicked in $34.5 million, Dallas County taxpayers
> kicked in $31.3 million and the feds tossed in another $9.5 million.
>
> The average patient in Parkland 's maternity wards is 25 years old,
> married and giving birth to her second child. She is also an illegal
> immigrant. By law, pregnant women cannot be denied medical care based on
> their immigration status or ability to pay.
>
> OK, fine. That doesn't mean they should receive better care than
> everyday, middle-class American citizens. But at Parkland Hospital , they
> do.
>
> Parkland Memorial Hospital has nine prenatal clinics. NINE.
> The Dallas Morning News article followed a Hispanic woman who was a
> patient at one of the clinics and pregnant with her third child---her
> previous two were also born at Parkland . Her first two deliveries were
free
> and the Mexican native was grateful because it would have cost $200 to
have
> them in Mexico This time, the hospital wants her to pay $10 per visit and
> $100 for the delivery but she was unsure if she could come up with the
> money. Not that it matters, the hospital won't turn her away. (I wonder
why
> they even bother asking at this point.)
> How long has this been going on? What are the long-term affects?
>
> Well, another subject of the article was born at Parkland in 1986
> shortly after her mother entered the U.S. illegally---now she is having
her
> own child there as well. (That's right, she's technically a U.S. citizen.)
> These women receive free prenatal care including medication, nutrition,
> birthing classes and child care classes. They also get freebies such as
car
> seats, bottles, diapers and formula.
>
> Most of these things are available to American citizens as well but
only
> for low-income applicants and even then, the red tape involved is almost
> insurmountable.
> Because these women are illegal immigrants, they do not have to
provide
> any sort of legitimate identification---no proof of income. An American
> citizen would have to provide a social security number which would reveal
> their annual income---an illegal immigrant need only claim to be poor and
> the hospital must take them at their word.
>
> My husband is a pilot for the United States Navy (yes, he fought in
> Iraq ) and while the health care is good, we Navy wives don't get any of
> these perks! Car seats? Diapers? Not so much. So my question is this: Does
> our public medical care system treat illegal immigrants better than
American
> citizens? Yes it does!
> As I mentioned, the care I have received is perfectly adequate but
it's
> bare bones, meat and potato medical care---not top of line.
>
> Their (the illegals) medical care is free---simply because they are
> illegal immigrants? Once again, there is no way to verify their income.
> Parkland Hospital offers indigent care to Dallas County residents who
> earn less than $40,000 per year. (They also have to prove that they did
not
> refuse health coverage at their current job. Yeah, the 'free' care is not
so
> easy for Americans.)
>
> There are about 140 patients who received roughly $4 million dollars
for
> un-reimbursed medical care. As it turns out, they did not qualify for free
> treatment because they resided outside of Dallas County So the hospital is
> going to sue them! Illegals get it all free! But U.S citizens who live
> outside of Dallas County get sued! How stupid is this?
>
> As if that isn't annoying enough, the illegal immigrant patients are
> actually complaining about hospital staff not speaking Spanish. In this AP
> story, the author speaks with a woman who is upset that she had to
translate
> comments from the hospital staff into Spanish for her husband. The doctor
> was trying to explain the situation to the family and the mother was
forced
> to translate for her husband who only spoke Spanish. This was apparently a
> great injustice to her.
>
> In an attempt to create a Spanish-speaking staff, Parkland Hospital is
> now providing incentives in the form of extra pay for applicants who speak
> Spanish. Additionally, medical students at the University of Texas
> Southwestern for which Parkland Hospital is the training facility will now
> have a Spanish language requirement added to their already jammed-packed
> curriculum. No other school in the country boasts such a ridiculous
> multi-semester (multicultural) requirement.
>
> In the meantime, I have to end my column here. I have to go buy a car
> seat."
>
> (Ed: Sorry for the length, but this needs wide
> circulation----particularly to our "employees" in Congress.)
> PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERY US CITIZEN YOU KNOW.
>
> If you want to verify accuracy:
> http://www.snopes.com/politics/immigration/parkland.asp
>
> Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas , Texas is a fairly famous
> institution and for a variety of reasons:
>
> 1. John F. Kennedy died there in 1963
> 2. Lee Harvey Oswald died there shortly after
> 3. Jack Ruby-who killed Lee Harvey Oswald, died there a few years
> later..by coincidence
>
> On the flip side, Parkland is also home to the second busiest
maternity
> ward in the country with almost 16,000 new babies arriving each year.
> (That's almost 44 per day---every day)
>
> A recent patient survey indicated that 70 percent of the women who
gave
> birth at Parkland in the first three months of 2006 were illegal
> immigrants.That's 11,200 anchor babies born every year just in Dallas
> According to the article, the hospital spent $70.7 million delivering
15,938
> babies in 2004 but managed to end up with almost $8 million dollars in
> surplus funding. Medicaid kicked in $34.5 million, Dallas County taxpayers
> kicked in $31.3 million and the feds tossed in another $9.5 million.
>
> The average patient in Parkland 's maternity wards is 25 years old,
> married and giving birth to her second child. She is also an illegal
> immigrant. By law, pregnant women cannot be denied medical care based on
> their immigration status or ability to pay.
>
> OK, fine. That doesn't mean they should receive better care than
> everyday, middle-class American citizens. But at Parkland Hospital , they
> do.
>
> Parkland Memorial Hospital has nine prenatal clinics. NINE.
> The Dallas Morning News article followed a Hispanic woman who was a
> patient at one of the clinics and pregnant with her third child---her
> previous two were also born at Parkland . Her first two deliveries were
free
> and the Mexican native was grateful because it would have cost $200 to
have
> them in Mexico This time, the hospital wants her to pay $10 per visit and
> $100 for the delivery but she was unsure if she could come up with the
> money. Not that it matters, the hospital won't turn her away. (I wonder
why
> they even bother asking at this point.)
> How long has this been going on? What are the long-term affects?
>
> Well, another subject of the article was born at Parkland in 1986
> shortly after her mother entered the U.S. illegally---now she is having
her
> own child there as well. (That's right, she's technically a U.S. citizen.)
> These women receive free prenatal care including medication, nutrition,
> birthing classes and child care classes. They also get freebies such as
car
> seats, bottles, diapers and formula.
>
> Most of these things are available to American citizens as well but
only
> for low-income applicants and even then, the red tape involved is almost
> insurmountable.
> Because these women are illegal immigrants, they do not have to
provide
> any sort of legitimate identification---no proof of income. An American
> citizen would have to provide a social security number which would reveal
> their annual income---an illegal immigrant need only claim to be poor and
> the hospital must take them at their word.
>
> My husband is a pilot for the United States Navy (yes, he fought in
> Iraq ) and while the health care is good, we Navy wives don't get any of
> these perks! Car seats? Diapers? Not so much. So my question is this: Does
> our public medical care system treat illegal immigrants better than
American
> citizens? Yes it does!
> As I mentioned, the care I have received is perfectly adequate but
it's
> bare bones, meat and potato medical care---not top of line.
>
> Their (the illegals) medical care is free---simply because they are
> illegal immigrants? Once again, there is no way to verify their income.
> Parkland Hospital offers indigent care to Dallas County residents who
> earn less than $40,000 per year. (They also have to prove that they did
not
> refuse health coverage at their current job. Yeah, the 'free' care is not
so
> easy for Americans.)
>
> There are about 140 patients who received roughly $4 million dollars
for
> un-reimbursed medical care. As it turns out, they did not qualify for free
> treatment because they resided outside of Dallas County So the hospital is
> going to sue them! Illegals get it all free! But U.S citizens who live
> outside of Dallas County get sued! How stupid is this?
>
> As if that isn't annoying enough, the illegal immigrant patients are
> actually complaining about hospital staff not speaking Spanish. In this AP
> story, the author speaks with a woman who is upset that she had to
translate
> comments from the hospital staff into Spanish for her husband. The doctor
> was trying to explain the situation to the family and the mother was
forced
> to translate for her husband who only spoke Spanish. This was apparently a
> great injustice to her.
>
> In an attempt to create a Spanish-speaking staff, Parkland Hospital is
> now providing incentives in the form of extra pay for applicants who speak
> Spanish. Additionally, medical students at the University of Texas
> Southwestern for which Parkland Hospital is the training facility will now
> have a Spanish language requirement added to their already jammed-packed
> curriculum. No other school in the country boasts such a ridiculous
> multi-semester (multicultural) requirement.
>
> In the meantime, I have to end my column here. I have to go buy a car
> seat."
>
> (Ed: Sorry for the length, but this needs wide
> circulation----particularly to our "employees" in Congress.)
> PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERY US CITIZEN YOU KNOW.
>
> If you want to verify accuracy:
> http://www.snopes.com/politics/immigration/parkland.asp
