Anchor babies and the California taxpayer bottom line
Kimberly A Dvorak
July 20, 2009
With the state officially in a "crisis" and paying its bills with IOUs every penny counts and this ballot initiative will save taxpayers a lot of pennies. Depending on what number you refer to the money saved runs from $1 billion, according to the state of California Attorney General to $4 billion from other state officials.
Either way the state stands to save some serious coin. Author of the ballot imitative, Ted Hilton has carefully crafted a measure that not only took 10 years, but garnered assistance from top constitutional lawyers. "This is to ensure success," Hilton said.
Other birth related costs most taxpayers donīt take into account are 20 to 25 percent of illegal immigrant births end up being premature. This can add some serious costs to the taxpayer bill.
According to California Public Health Office spokesperson, April Oakley, "the state pays out $1369 each day in Medical payments to the hospital for babies who require extra hospitalization."
This parlays into what Kaiser Permanente said about premature births. According to the hospital the low-end figure for premature births average from 7-weeks at a cost of $67,081 taxpayer cost to 12-weeks at a cost of $114,996.
The cost doesn't include specialist fees and is not at the high end of the scale. The hospital contends these costs are difficult to attach a price tag because many of these babies require long-term care, often resulting in disabilities.
"Are we going to continue asking taxpayers to pay for these services when the state is completely out of money?" Hilton said.
Good question.
For more information on the California Taxpayer Protection Act of 2010, please visit
http://www.taxpayerrevolution.org/
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