Last year Florida passed a law, Senate Bill 1718, which requited all hospital systems in the state to report the cost of unpaid care for illegal aliens. So far this year, the total has come to $566 million.
As noted by Breitbart News, “Broward County has lost $43,056,022 so far in 2024 to the unpaid medical expenses for [illegal aliens]. Duval has suffered a loss of $31,439, 143, Hillsborough’s loss is at $58,822,134, Orange stands at $58,328,521, and Miami-Dade has lost a whopping $231,804,144.”
The reporting requirement was just one of the provisions of SB 1718. While signing the measure, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis observed that it gave the state “the most ambitious anti-illegal immigration laws in the country . . . [while] ensuring the Florida taxpayers are not footing the bill for illegal immigration.”
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