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ICE leaves hospitals holding millions in unpaid bills as the party budgets for border wall expansion
The receipts stack up: ICE, according to Popular Information, is leaving hospitals with millions in unpaid bills. The Bullet notes the broader context—campaigners fighting for migrant protections as Congress expands budgets for border infrastructure. The numbers don’t surprise, hon: the wall gets budgeted, the care gets billed, but the bills aren’t paid. The gap’s size is counted—millions owed to hospitals, while appropriations for border expansion run uninterrupted. The reconciliation is precise: cash for walls, debt for care. The institutional ledger shows the priority, and the column gaps like that turn up in. The rest runs on Page 2.
“Hospitals eat the cost when ICE skips out on the check, but Congress finds cash for more border walls. The sick get bills, the border gets funding. If you're waiting for care, the ledger says you're not the priority.”
“Well, ICE is just enforcing the law, not trying to stiff hospitals. Surely, budget decisions are complicated—there are national security concerns, and sometimes bills get lost in the shuffle. Actually, now that I think about it, maybe someone should pay those bills.”
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