Immigrant hospital proposal is pulled
From Times Wire Reports
A measure to redirect funds from a federal program that repays hospitals for treating illegal immigrants was pulled last week from an emergency spending bill.
The proposal, included in the supplemental spending bill for the Iraq war, had triggered protests from California and other border-state lawmakers, who said their hospitals struggled to cover the unpaid costs.
California hospitals spent about $700 million on healthcare for illegal immigrants in 2006 and received $73 million from the federal program.
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