[Kyrshamarks]

There is no law stating that in a "sanctuary" city that nothing will be done to illegal aliens. we are rounding them up here in houston all the time and arresting them and deporting them as we should.

P.S. before anyone calls this racist or such my wife is a LEGAL alien here and my kids are dual nationals.

[quezen]

Then I guess I don't understand the term 'sanctuary city'.
I do know that in Richmond and Rosenburg, outside of Houston the illegal aliens gather in their groups like they always have; the plumbers here, the carpenters there and so on. If the contractor wants help for the day they just go to the group early in the morning and pick up what ever labor is needed.
However, as far as health care is concerned, I guess the point I was trying to make is that the powers that be have arranged that these people are NOT a determent to the system, the way I see it. The illegals get health care, and the employers get labor, and don't have to worry about paying for the health care for this cheap labor. The hospitals and insurance companies continue to churn out the profits, which is good for the economy, everyone working for the hospitals get paid, the suppliers get paid, and the money gets circulated in the economy. I know that I get paid the same whatever the nationality and legal status is of the patients I take care of. The money to pay these hospital costs for care for indigents does come from somewhere.
The way i see it, the whole question of health care and illegal aliens is a 'red herring' that leads one away from questions such as that raised by the man who paid $750.00 a month for health care and then when he went to actually use this health insurance was thrown out of his insurance system.
Maybe the man who had to give up his dream of starting his own business because the health care costs were prohibitive to him was reaching too high, I don't know. I do know that I was born in Texas and I never had health care insurance in my little waitress or factory or laundry jobs until I graduated from nursing school and went into the service.
I also know that when I married and moved to Germany in the early eighties, the first thing I noticed were all those healthy looking older people walking around. It just seems to me that a born American should be able to have health care via some kind of system, I don't know what it should be. I just wonder what options others think would work. The mention of a Value Added Tax was interesting, however this is a an added tax on the consumer of goods, maybe this would spread the cost around to all sectors, legal and illegal.
I am also married to a legal alien. I don't know why that makes a statement about race one way or the other, I certainly don't see anything in your post as being 'racist'.

[lindarn]

I work for an insurance company that shall remain unmentioned. The public has no idea the amount of infrastructure that goes into every single insurance company and insurance contract from each and every business that offers medical insurance to its employees.

These funds could easily pay for unversal health coverage for every American in this country!

Lindarn, RN,BSN, CCRN
Spokane, Washington