Ilegal immigrants and health care

Health care, now there is something that is a issue in the USA even without considering illegal immigration. According to the US Census Bureau, there are almost 302 million people in the Continental U.S. (population clock). There are around 7 million illegal immigrants in the US, 70% of those are Mexican (US Census Bureau). The number of "legal" immigrants in the USA is
1 million (US Census Bureau). One out of every four uninsured people in the USA is an immigrant (CNN.com). Almost half of immigrants have either no insurance or have it provided to them at taxpayers expense. In some hospitals, as much as two-thirds of total operating costs are for uncompensated care for illegal aliens. Border hospitals reported losses of almost $190 million in unreimbursed costs for treating illegal aliens in 2000, with another $113 million in ambulance fees and follow-up services(fairus.org). Illegal immigrants generally live at or below the poverty line, and can not afford health care coverage. They are eligible for free emergency care, but this has traditionally been abused because illegal immigrants have no other source of care. Because of that, they visit emergency rooms for non urgent care, which contributes to the $250 million annual hospital reimbursements for free care provided for non-urgent visits. Now heath care for US citizens is far from being a solved issue so there is no end or resolve in the near future for immigrant heath care both legal and illegal. The only that would be a quick fix in my opinion is deny any both without insurance health care, but we live in a society that will never look at it that way because it is morally and unethically wrong.