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Denver hospital system warns migrant crisis has forced it to brink of collapse

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The migrant crisis affecting Colorado has forced one Denver hospital system to warn local lawmakers it is on the “brink of collapse.” The financial pressures created by the migrant crisis are unsustainable, as Denver Health recorded some 20,000 visits from 8,000 Central American migrants in 2023 for everything from dental emergencies to mental health counseling, according to the Denver Post.

Denver estimates more than 36,000 illegal immigrants, most of whom are Venezuelan, have arrived in the city since December 2022. Roughly half of those migrants have decided to put down roots in the city.

Among the specific numbers include the hospital having lost $136 million in 2023 because of patients who didn’t pay, including millions of dollars on care for illegal immigrants that the state and federal governments declined to reimburse.

Last year, the migrant influx created a $2 million loss for the hospital system, following a $35 million loss the year before. “The system’s saving grace in 2023 was a $20 million boost it received from the state, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, and private donors”, the Denver Post reported.

Last year’s losses led the hospital to close 15 beds that would otherwise be used for patients needing psychiatric or addiction treatment and to reduce raises and postpone renovations. 

“If we were to have another year like [2022], it would have dire consequences,” Steve Federico, chief of government and community affairs for Denver Health, told the paper.

Denver Health CEO Donna Lynne appealed to Denver council members this week to increase the city’s financial support for the hospital system; the city already gives Denver Health approximately $30.8 million each year to cover the cost of patients who can’t pay.

“What I think is not being said is that Denver Health is at a critical, critical point, and that we need to take this up in 2024,” she said. “Because our costs exceed our revenues, we are turning down patients every day, particularly in the area of mental health and substance abuse.”

“While I have tremendous compassion for what’s going on, it’s heartbreaking, it’s going to break Denver Health,” she said.

City councilwoman Amanda Sawyer said the city can’t cover the cost for patients who don’t pay since not all of the system’s patients live in the city.

However, a proposed bill in the statehouse would see the state give Denver Health $5 million each year.

“I think the city of Denver should do more, but the state also has to step in,” the bill’s sponsor, state representative Judy Amabile, told the Denver Post. “Denver Health is the safety net provider for the whole state. They’re taking patients no one else will take.”

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Biden-Harris Administration Brought in More ‘Parole Migrants’ Than Jobs Created in October

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Over 50,000 “Parole migrants” were welcomed into the United States by the Biden Administration’s Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the ports of entry along the border in October. They are flown or bused into the U.S. for jobs; despite the economic slowdown. In September, only 12,000 additional jobs were created, which was one-ninth of the 112,500 new jobs that were expected, reports Breitbart.

In addition to the ‘parole migrants’ an additional 56,580 migrants– including many women and children – crossed the border illegally and were registered by the Border Patrol. Some will be deported.

Biden’s deputies also welcomed at least 150,000 legal immigrants, foreign temporary workers, and refugees.  “More illegal aliens crossed our border last week than jobs added for all of October,” said a tweet from Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI). “That’s Kamalonomics,” he added, as he blamed Kamala Harris who dodged an oversight over over migration in March 2021.

Breitbart adds:

Also, the inflow of migrants ensures that employers can ignore the large population of at least 5 million working-age American men who have fallen out of the workforce.

Instead of finding, training, and paying those of the discarded American men — many of who are overweight, alienated, addicted, and lazy — the CEOs can now make more money by bussing more of Mayorkas’ healthy, indebted, compliant migrants into their low-tech workplaces.

Moreover, if Biden had not extracted migrants from poor countries — such as Venezuela or Ecuador — more U.S. workers would have been hired by CEOs to help trade with the people in poor countries. The lopsided October numbers are a PR glitch for Biden and his deputies, such as his pro-migration border chief, Alejandro Mayorkas.

In September, Mayorkas spoke at a public event in Texas where he championed his policy of importing more migrants for jobs that would otherwise go to Americans at higher wages:

We look to the north, with Canada. Canada takes a look at its market needs, and it says, “You know what? We need 700,000 foreign workers to address our labor needs domestically.” And, so, they build a visa system for that year to address the current market condition. And they say, “We’re going to bring in a million people.” And it’s market sensitive.

We [in the United States] are dealing with numerical caps on labor-driven visas that were set in 1996. It’s 2024. The world has changed. It is remarkable how there can be [elite] agreement that [the visas system] is broken and not have an agreement on a solution. The country is suffering as a result of it. Communities have “blossomed by reason of the infusion of individuals from another country,” Mayorkas said.

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