immigration
...non-emergency care; but hospitals are not instructed to ask for proof of immigration status. And as a result of this there was a huge deficit in finances of $360 million in 2002 for the Los Angeles county hospitals. But I feel the main problem resides in the fact that illegal immigrants are receiving free medical care at all. No matter who you are you should be required to pay for your healthcare. One of the main arguments for care to illegal immigrants is that they should not be treated any different from united states citizens just because they were born in Mexico. And I feel that that is the argument against free medical care for illegal immigrants as well as the argument for it. They should not be given it free just because they are born outside of the United States. In the United States we follow the constitution and the Declaration of Independence , and in the Declaration of Independence it says that “all men are created equal.” Therefore all men should be treated equal. With this argument I am not saying that Illegal immigrants should not be given any type of medical care, but they shall be expected to formulate some way to come up with the money or they should be deported back to their home country. It is understandable that they are at a disadvantage but there are many low-income families in the United States as well who are not able to afford certain medical procedures but they are not exempt...