Another issue I don't get.What are the hospitals supposed to do? Are they supposed to permanently keep the homeless? Are they supposed to push them out the door (i.e., just discharge them) to avoid the dumping issue?
Why don't they do this? Why do hospitals attempt to take the homeless anywhere?
Hospitals are not generally allowed to refuse them service -- at a cost of 2 billion a year!
This issue, plus the 4 million + illegal immigrants in California, has put a real drain on our hospitals; and this expense gets pushed down to us all -- homeless or not.
How many hospitals closed last year? Was it close to 80 in California?
The hospitals might need to take a stand and make this a police issue following discharge; but then I am unfamiliar with all the rules that bind our hospitals.
This is another area that hurts our poor, uninsured residents (with valid SS numbers) as such expenses (which are enhanced to cover those that have no incentive to pay their bills or have fake SS numbers) can haunt them for life.
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