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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Yes I get that but should we be treating people who come here with prexisting conditions and want in because of a free healthcare system?
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You have 2 choices (well 3 if you want to stop accepting refugees).
1. You treat problems now, before they get worse.
2. Person gains landed immigrant status (as the majority of refugees do), you treat a potentially worsened condition.
Unless you take option 3, there is no way to stop paying for the things you have a concern about. By refusing treatment now, you have a potentially higher bill to treat them later. I guess unless they die, that is.
edit: Also, denying them services at one point will potentially serve to drive them to another organization who helps these people and consume their funding, which often comes from the government coffers anyway (directly or indirectly through tax breaks due to donation).