THE ILLNESS EXPERIENCE OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS WITH END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE

[rangerrebew]

THE ILLNESS EXPERIENCE OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS WITH END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE



    Francisco is an undocumented immigrant who works as a landscaperand has been living in the U.S. for the last 35 years.

    He regularly sees a physician and pays in cash for his clinics visits and medications; he was diagnosed with CKD 8 years ago, but now is approaching ESRD. His extended family (some ofthem living legally in the US) are potential living kidney donors and are willing to undergo testing.



    http://www.nephjc.com/news/2017/2/23/immigrant

[XenaLee]

THE ILLNESS EXPERIENCE OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS WITH END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE



    Francisco is an undocumented immigrant who works as a landscaperand has been living in the U.S. for the last 35 years.

    He regularly sees a physician and pays in cash for his clinics visits and medications; he was diagnosed with CKD 8 years ago, but now is approaching ESRD. His extended family (some ofthem living legally in the US) are potential living kidney donors and are willing to undergo testing.



    http://www.nephjc.com/news/2017/2/23/immigrant

So... what?   The US taxpayers are to be on the hook for a very expensive kidney transplant surgery? 

Swell.

What country can legal US citizens go to for free surgery?  My neighbor, fully insured, just had to pay $6,500 over and above what her insurance covered.... which was about $140,000.