Monosyllabic Pedantry

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

But I thought illegals weren't harming anyone

Atlanta's downtown hospital, called Grady, is in financhial trouble. It's so bad that they are being forced to cut out some of their services.
Grady is one of few hospitals that provide outpatient dialysis. Or at least they used to. They have decided to shut down the dialysis program because they can't fund it. Unfortunately, they are overwhelmed with non-paying patients. In fact, their report states,

"The large growth in patients has led to a system that is overworked," the report says.

31 percent of the patients are illegal aliens. What are the chances that, if these 31 percent were taken out of the equation, the remaining 69 percent of the patients would still be able to get care?

There's talk that the hospital may close completely. Grady officials announced last week the hospital is on course for the highest deficit in history, upward of $55 million in a budget of about $730 million.

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