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medical care -- we don't HAVE free medical care. There are emergency rooms, but
they are unable to provide health and medical care that are relevant to
dealing with HIV or other serious chronic diseases. We already have some 40
million CITIZENS without access to health and medical care. That lack of health
insurance and access to care is the core dilemma. People from the developing
world are much better off if they can get to an EU country, where they can get
real medical care at little or no cost. The US is not a desirable
destination in that regard."
You are mistaken. There are thousands of non-citizens and illegal aliens getting free health care in Miami/Dade County alone. One more perverse issue with our health care system is that the burden of caring for non-citizens falls disproportionately certain jurisdictions. Not only certain states, but specific counties and the property owners who pay sales taxes to cover local county hospital short falls.
While it might be better to get to Europe, for many, it's much harder to get there.
JB
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