Who pays for all the babies?

Re “Delivering dual benefits,” Dec. 23

The Times’ article infuriated me. When my wife was pregnant with our second child, I was laid off and reluctantly went on unemployment. I delivered my daughter myself in the labor room with the help of a student nurse, who later admitted to me it was the first live birth she had attended. The hospital presented me with a bill that included doctor’s fees and delivery room fees. I complained about not having a doctor in attendance or the use of the delivery room, and they reduced the bill by $100. We eventually paid the balance.

The noncitizens in this article all had jobs. Why couldn’t they work out a payment schedule like we did? The way it stands now, it looks as if we are still paying the hospital for noncitizens’ children even after we paid off our original debt.

R.A. DANAY

Corona