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Sick illegal immigrant costs one county $400,000

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Walter Geiger
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Monday, August 16. 2010
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Associated Press/Savannah Morning News

An illegal immigrant who suffered a stroke while in custody has cost a Georgia county $400,000 in medical bills.

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#1 Sheila Tolley on 08/16/10 at 09:26 AM
Where is Dr. Kevorkian when we need him?
#2 Anonymous on 08/16/10 at 09:29 AM
So.......What's your point? Cuba has Universal health care therefore he wouldn't be motivated to get healthcare insurance, especially, since he was arrested on drug charges.
#3 Anonymous on 08/16/10 at 01:42 PM
show some love people.
#4 PETER MOYLAN on 08/16/10 at 02:06 PM
YOU KNOW YOU CANT SAY "ILLEGAL IMMIMGRANTS" NOW....YOU HAVE TO SAY DISPLACED FOREIGN TRAVELERS....AND YES I AM YELLING!
#5 Anonymous on 08/16/10 at 02:59 PM
WE pay for his hospital bills AND he gets off scot free!!! A better way to save 'future bills' is to take him back where he came from. BUT, he can't go back because the USA protects HIM and NOT the LEGAL US citizens that REALLY need the help !?!?!?!?!
but then the legal citizens in this country who NEED help, who are NOT criminals and are NOT leeches of welfare, can NOT get medical help!! Some people say you CAN get FREE health care in US, but my daughter, who does NOT have insurance and can NOT find a job, can NOT get medicaid, had to go to ER in Griffin and did NOT get it FREE!!! They have even gotten a lawyer to send her letters after the money she can not pay.
Why won't they do this to the SORRY PEOPLE!?!?!
#6 Anonymous on 08/16/10 at 03:01 PM
Who can't? They aren't displaced. They are illegal aliens or criminals if you prefer. Our lame ass government wants to welcome them with open arms. That's how obama keeps as high as he does in the polls. Just think - if he didn't have the illegal criminals voting his approval rating would only be in the 30s.
#7 Anonymous on 08/16/10 at 04:01 PM
The hospitals do but they illegal alliens can't pay either, nor do they(illegal alliens) care.
#8 Sheila Tolley on 08/16/10 at 04:33 PM
A Georgia county has already shown him $400,000 worth of love.
#9 Anonymous on 08/16/10 at 05:56 PM
what county was it?
#10 KATHY on 08/16/10 at 08:11 PM
YES YOU CAN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS THERE I SAID IT AND THEY WILL ALWAYS BE UNTIL THEY GET PAPERS SAYING THEY ARE CITIZENS. wE GET A BILL FOR OUT SERVICES AND HEALTHCARE THEY DONT KEEP ON DRAINING US DRY
#11 John Wages on 09/03/10 at 08:59 AM
We only arrest healthy drug dealers? How much of his money was taken during his arrest. We can use that to pay for his bills.
#12 Fran on 09/16/10 at 12:41 PM
This happened in Douglas County, GA.
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