Obama Care vs Republicans

[Lamplighter]

Originally Posted by Adak

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Around here (California), many hospitals have gone broke and shut down. The law is that anyone showing up at the emergency entrance, must be treated, even if they're not citizens (you aren't allowed to even ask), or of course, can't pay and are uninsured.

We have lots of illegals (who can't pay), coming in for treatments. The hospitals financial losses are *staggering*. Many have closed if they are near the border with Mexico, or along the routes they travel through the county. Others have been converted to "Clinics" which do certain specialized treatments (Oncology, etc.), but have no Emergency room.<snip>

Once more, Adakian words with little substance regarding Obamacare...

In 2013 the LA Times DATA DESK reports
for the State of California between 1998 and 2007:

63 Hospitals closed, but only 21 of these had Emergency Rooms
... and all but 13 of these closed more than 10 yrs ago (<2003)
(Some of these facilities may have re-opened under new names or ownerships.)

466 Hospitals remain open, and 14 of these opened new ER's

Thus, there is a net loss of only 7 ER's across the entire state.

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