Lott on Healthcare
James Lott is Executive Vice President of the Hospital Association of Southern California
Focusing on Healthcare Costs of Illegal Immigrants Draws Attention Away from the Real Problem (Aug 14, 2006, 9:45 AM PDT)
Summary: While it is true that providing treatment to undocumented immigrants creates a drain on hospital resources, recent attempts to paint illegal immigrants as the main cause of high hospital costs obscures the greater problem: the unreimbursed cost of treating the uninsured.
Did You Know?
The number of uninsured in the United States has surpassed the 45 million mark and is expected to reach 56 million by 2013. Moreover, 15.6 million Americans are "underinsured."
