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Eli Kantor is a labor, employment and immigration law attorney. He has been practicing labor, employment and immigration law for more than 36 years. He has been featured in articles about labor, employment and immigration law in the L.A. Times, Business Week.com and Daily Variety. He is a regular columnist for the Daily Journal. Telephone (310)274-8216; eli@elikantorlaw.com. For more information, visit beverlyhillsimmigrationlaw.com and and beverlyhillsemploymentlaw.com

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Monday, February 15, 2010

What Caring for Immigrants Costs

New York Times: Medical care for immigrants who are in the country illegally has long been a sore subject. Emotions boiled over last fall when Representative Joe Wilson, Republican of South Carolina, shouted "You lie!" after President Obama, in a speech before Congress, denied that undocumented immigrants would receive free coverage under the Democrats' proposed health care legislation. Now, a new study published online in the journal Health Affairs suggests that, contrary to popular perception, immigrants actually cost the health care system less per person than do natives of the United States. Nor do illegal immigrants make up a disproportionate share of the costs to public programs like Medicaid, researchers found.

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