On Apr 17, 2006, at 11:15 AM, Doug Henwood wrote:
> Marta Russell wrote:
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>> Not in my neighborhood. They are middle age people. "On balance
>> in contributing to the fisc" doesn't really mean anything to me.
>> I see the consequences of an overburdened system all around here.
>> The emergency rooms are overrun with non english speaking legals
>> or illegals. The public health care system is shutting down in
>> LA. Emergency rooms are closing. What emergency rooms remain open
>> require 12 hour+ waits to see a doctor. My disabled friends
>> suffer because there are so many people on MediCal that they have
>> cut doctor pay down to next to nothing and they don't get decent
>> service. Its a bottom of the barrel thing. I don't care what the
>> national stats say. What is happening on the ground here is real.
>>
>
> Ok, then it's your observation vs. more than 20 years of extensive
> survey and interview research into Mexican immigration by the
> sociologist Douglas Massey.
>
> Doug
When people start seeing the state spending tens of thousands of dollars printing every Medi-Cal notice in 21 different languages, even the most left in the disability community are alarmed by what this portends. One person I know who has spent her life dedicated to homeless and legal services said, I get this notice from MediCal in all these languages and I can't even get my teeth fixed. So there is certainly a clash. And how would you feel if you couldn't get your teeth fixed because the system is loaded down so much that they cut dental benefits?
Marta
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