Nueva Orleans

The New York Times had a front page article yesterday about the population boom in the New Orleans area caused by the influx of illegal immigrants in the area followig Katrinia. here are the money quotes:

"Because many immigrant mothers cannot afford to pay for prenatal care or delivery services, New Orleans’s newest citizens are adding an unexpected load to the decimated health infrastructure in a city abandoned by many of its doctors."

“The demographics of the health units used to be 85 percent African-American, who had Medicaid, and 15 percent other,” Dr. Work said. “When the clinics reopened, I started seeing the faces changing. Now 85 to 90 percent are Hispanic undocumented, and only 10 to 15 percent have Medicaid.”

The article discusses the problem but, like the politicians in Washington there is no discussion of what the actual costs to the community and taxpayers are. File this under Hola Suckers!