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Ben
The Immigrant issue is really only a small part of the problem. But here is an example of how these things get so screwed up when you talk about how many people are using the system.

In California they released a report denying illegal immigrants used the emergency rooms more than insured persons, that Medi-cal patients actually used the Emergency rooms more than illegal immigrants.
There are about 6.6 Million people on the Medi-cal roles.
Here's the catch. California does not require proof of citizenship to have Medi-cal. It is estimated that at least 12 percent, and some estimates are much higher, of the recipients on Medi-cal are illegal immigrants. That's about 720,000 illegal immigrants on medi-cal. The majority of them use Emergency rooms as a clinic or go to local clinics.

So if you add those to the Illegals they report the numbers change. This is the kind of thing conservatives are concerned about.
No one is advocating letting seriously ill or injured people die in the streets. All I want is a system that is policed and prevents abuses of our health care system.
The only problem with that is more big government.

No matter how you look at it 12 Million people (by some estimates that is low)is a lot of people.

Now I need to quit worrying about this and go work on my new recording room.