Ingrate, Inc.
Few things are worse than dealing with an ingrate, except maybe dealing with one with an agenda.
Take Montejo Gaspar and the Martin Medical Center in Stuart, Florida. In 2000 Gaspar's cousin, Luis Jiminez, an illegall immigrant who had been sending money to his wife and sons in Guatemala, was in an auto accident with a drunk driver that left him quadriplegic and with the mental capacity of a fourth grader.
Although uninsured, the Martin Medical Center saved Jiminez's life and has provided him with 1.5 million dollars of medical care since. Unable to sustain his medical costs, they sought a court order to send him home and even paid $30,000 for a special charter flight. He was hospitalized for a short time in his country and is now living with his 73 year-old mother.
The hospital's actions did not bode well with Gaspar, and he is suing for false imprisonment and for punitive damages and is asking for one million dollars for Jiminez's lifetime care in Guatemala, which would probably cover some department's budgets in certain countries.
Had it been an American living in Guatemala, Mexico or any one of those countries, he would have been lucky to get a vial of morphine and an escort back to the border.
The case is out for deliberation now, but hopefully, the jury will bid Gaspar and his lawyers one grand "adios," so that we can focus on those who are already paying into the system.
People are up in arms over HR 3200, and maybe they should be. HR 3200 is a health care bill, and what it does is that it will provide affordable health care for all, and curtail medical costs. It also makes it mandatory for all Americans to have health insurance, but creates a government run (taxpayer funded) alternative to private insurance, prohibits exclusion on basis of pre-existing condition, and then (here's the kicker) places a surtax on all households that earn more than $350,000 to pay for it. (To be fair, they don't need sympathy.) The bill HR 3200 is likely to be wildly unpopular, even if it might mean fewer people needing emergency cash loans to see a doctor.
People are up in arms over HR 3200, and maybe they should be. HR 3200 is a health care bill, and what it does is that it will provide affordable health care for all, and curtail medical costs. It also makes it mandatory for all Americans to have health insurance, but creates a government run (taxpayer funded) alternative to private insurance, prohibits exclusion on basis of pre-existing condition, and then (here's the kicker) places a surtax on all households that earn more than $350,000 to pay for it. (To be fair, they don't need sympathy.) The bill HR 3200 is likely to be wildly unpopular, even if it might mean fewer people needing emergency cash loans to see a doctor.