You must not live somewhere like Texas. God help you if you have to go to an ER in a big city. If you walk in you could wait an hour just to be triaged because of the long line of illegals in line for a cold or some other illness a doctor would usually take care of.
Instead of them going to a doctor and actually having to PAY they go to the ERs (where they HAVE to be seen) and get all the care they want for free. Mind you - it isn't free for us - our premiums and actual costs go up to finance the money the hospitals lose on illegals.
When I was struck by lightning about 15 years ago I waited in line at a Texas ER for 30 minutes before the triage nurse asked me why I was there. I showed her the burn mark on my thumb where I was struck, and told her I was struck by lightning and my whole body feels buzzy. I was on a stretcher and in a room hooked up to an EKG in under 2 minutes. They came in later to actually get my insurance info.
Fortunately my EKG was perfect. My cardiac troponin levels were well over the amount necessary to prove a heart attack (those levels measure damage to heart muscle) but my rhythm was fine. I didn't get to the ER for about 5 hours after the strike because I had to deal with dogs, kids, the fire department (my house was on fire), and USAA first. I was fortunate, and as it turns out the cardiac troponin levels don't even start rising for 3-4 hours after a heart attack so had I not waited to go I may have never even known I had a heart attack. Those levels go away in a few weeks.
I was lucky that waiting behind those illegals didn't make my condition worse. I'm sure there are plenty of people who weren't so lucky. The illegals cost us in many ways that aren't always seen.
There were a lot of self deportations during the Great Recession because they lost their jobs. I heard of some apartment complexes almost completely emptied out because so many of them went back home. Finally cracking down on employers will do the same thing, only on a larger scale.
This is why I've never been worried about Illegals long-term.
The second the heat is turned up on employers to where they are too risky to hire, they'll mostly self-deport.
You must not live somewhere like Texas. God help you if you have to go to an ER in a big city. If you walk in you could wait an hour just to be triaged because of the long line of illegals in line for a cold or some other illness a doctor would usually take care of.
Instead of them going to a doctor and actually having to PAY they go to the ERs (where they HAVE to be seen) and get all the care they want for free. Mind you - it isn't free for us - our premiums and actual costs go up to finance the money the hospitals lose on illegals.
When I was struck by lightning about 15 years ago I waited in line at a Texas ER for 30 minutes before the triage nurse asked me why I was there. I showed her the burn mark on my thumb where I was struck, and told her I was struck by lightning and my whole body feels buzzy. I was on a stretcher and in a room hooked up to an EKG in under 2 minutes. They came in later to actually get my insurance info.
Fortunately my EKG was perfect. My cardiac troponin levels were well over the amount necessary to prove a heart attack (those levels measure damage to heart muscle) but my rhythm was fine. I didn't get to the ER for about 5 hours after the strike because I had to deal with dogs, kids, the fire department (my house was on fire), and USAA first. I was fortunate, and as it turns out the cardiac troponin levels don't even start rising for 3-4 hours after a heart attack so had I not waited to go I may have never even known I had a heart attack. Those levels go away in a few weeks.
I was lucky that waiting behind those illegals didn't make my condition worse. I'm sure there are plenty of people who weren't so lucky. The illegals cost us in many ways that aren't always seen.
Glad you were okay in the end. But I can relate. I was in El Paso for awhile and saw the same thing.
Yeah, thanks.
There were a lot of self deportations during the Great Recession because they lost their jobs. I heard of some apartment complexes almost completely emptied out because so many of them went back home. Finally cracking down on employers will do the same thing, only on a larger scale.