On Apr 19, 2006, at 2:27 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
> Doug Henwood wrote:
>
>
>>> What do you think about this:
>>> A study by the Federation for American Immigration Reform
>>> estimated that in 2004 the annual uncompensated cost of medical
>>> care for illegal immigrants in California was $1.4 billion.
>>>
>>
>> The most recent data for California health expenditures <http://
>> www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalHealthExpendData/downloads/
>> nhestatehealthaccountstables.pdf> was $126 billion in 2000. If
>> that's increased in line with national expenditures, that was
>> probably about $170 billion in 2004. So, $1.4 billion is 0.8% of
>> the total. Big damn deal, eh?
>>
>
> By the way, 1) FAIR is a dedicated anti-immigrant group, so their
> numbers may not be entirely trustworthy, and 2) if the GAO can't
> come up with a good number, how can a gang of hacks like [the bad]
> FAIR?
They can't. Marta