by John D'Aloia
Hundreds of millions of healthcare $$$ are funneled to care for those who should not be in this country while Medicare reimbursement rates are slashed. I have lost track of whether the cuts have been restored - it really does not matter as reimbursement rate ping-pong games illustrate mindsets and political gotcha games, not reasoned governance.
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In our Declaration of Independence, The Founders indicted King George with a list of transgressions. Today, some of those same transgressions can be applied to the immigration crisis. "He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good." We have laws dealing with immigration, yet government refuses to enforce them, at the same time ".... imposing Taxes on us without our consent."
I keep coming back to the oaths of office sworn to by the President and members of Congress. Their failure to defend our borders, our sovereignty, and the rule of law is in itself criminal - then they top it off by forcing citizens, institutions, and local governments to eat the cost by enforcing other laws, or by putting citizens into situations where morality trumps slamming the door in a needy person's face. No matter the particulars, those holding forth Inside the Beltway are imposing unfunded mandates. The costs faced by the one hospital are but the tip of a monstrous iceberg - or resource blackhole - depending upon your frame of mind.