RAND study shows little public money spent on health care to undocumented immigrants
14th Nov 2006, 15:19 GMT
A small fraction of health care spending is used to provide publicly supported care to America's undocumented immigrants, according to a RAND Corporation study issued today.The report, which appears in the November edition of the journal Health Affairs, estimates that about $1.1 billion in federal, state and local government funds are spent annually on health care for undocumented immigrants aged 18 to 64 -- amounting to an average of $11 in taxes per US household.
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