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To: regli who wrote (34249)	7/26/2005 2:14:37 PM
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Those who blamed (illegal) immigrants for the rising health care cost in the us can shut up now<g> Legal and illegal immigrants, and their children, may skip preventive care, according to the researchers. This may mean that immigration isn't a factor in rising U.S. health-care costs, the researchers said. U.S. medical expenses rose an estimated 7.5 percent last year, to $1.8 trillion, according to the U.S. government. ``We constantly hear anti-immigrant extremists, elected officials and media commentators making baseless claims about how immigrants are contributing to our nation's high health-care costs,'' U.S. Representative Luis Gutierrez, chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Task Force said in an e-mailed statement. ``This comprehensive new study shows just how unfounded these allegations are.'' ... The study cited a report from the National Research Council that concluded that immigrants add as much as $10 billion to the economy each year and that they will pay about $80,000 per capita more in taxes than they use in government services over their lifetimes. bloomberg.com