ARIZONA FBI STATS … WHY THEY NEED THE NEW LAW
Read ‘em and weep!!
If you doubt that illegal immigration has become a serious problem in our country, take a look at these stats:

With all the negative reports being printed in the news media here are the statistics they fail to report. The numbers don’t lie. And these are the official numbers that are usually kept under what they really are.

Well folks, here are the numbers The following information IS compiled from Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Homeland Security reports:

* 83% of warrants for murder in Phoenix are for illegal aliens.

* 86% of warrants for murder in Albuquerque are for illegal aliens.

* 75% of those on the most wanted list in Los Angeles , Phoenix and Albuquerque are illegal aliens.

* 24.9% of all inmates in California detention centers are Mexican nationals

* 40.1% of all inmates in Arizona detention centers are Mexican nationals

* 48.2% of all inmates in New Mexico detention centers are Mexican nationals

* 29% (630,000) convicted illegal alien felons fill our state and Federal prisons at a cost of $1.6 billion annually

* 53% plus of all investigated burglaries reported in California, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona and Texas are perpetrated by illegal aliens.

* 50% plus of all gang members in Los Angeles are illegal aliens

* 71% plus of all apprehended cars stolen in 2005 in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and California were stolen by Illegal aliens or “transport coyotes”.

* 47% of cited/stopped drivers in California have no license, no insurance and no registration for the vehicle. Of that 47%, 92% are illegal aliens.

* 63% of cited/stopped drivers in Arizona have no license, no insurance and no registration for the vehicle. Of that 63%, 97% are illegal aliens

* 66% of cited/stopped drivers in New Mexico have no license, no insurance and no registration for the vehicle. Of that 66% 98% are illegal aliens.

* 380,000 plus “anchor babies” were born in the US to illegal alien parents in just one year, making 380,000 babies automatically US citizens (which is UN-Constitutional; illegal).

* 97.2% of all costs incurred from those illegal births were paid by the American taxpayers. That is almost ALL of them !

And remember YOU are supporting ALL of these illegals no matter where they are now. Every time another illegal runs the border breaking our laws, your pocket just gets lighter and robbed more.

“The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first.” – Thomas Jefferson

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IS OBAMA AN  ILLEGAL ALIEN ?

His father was Kenyan , and in all laws of the world, he was born a dual-citizen (at best). Dual allegiance is not a “natural born citizen” . Through his kenyan half citizenship at birth, his uncle is the president of kenya, (odingo) , and his father actually formed the government of kenya himself… talk about ties to a foreign government , and total disqualification, even if his mother was of the right age to pass on citizenshp and he was born in the oval office… still a kenyan national.

By Jerome R. Corsi
© 2010 WorldNetDaily

NEW YORK – Two private investigators working independently are asking why President Obama is using a Social Security number set aside for applicants inConnecticut while there is no record he ever had a mailing address in the state.

In addition, the records indicate the number was issued between 1977 and 1979, yet Obama’s earliest employment reportedly was in 1975 at a Baskin-Robbins ice-cream shop in Oahu, Hawaii.

WND has copies of affidavits filed separately in a presidential eligibility lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia by Ohio licensed private investigatorSusan Daniels and Colorado private investigator John N. Sampson.

The investigators believe Obama needs to explain why he is using a Social Securitynumber reserved for Connecticut applicants that was issued at a date later than he is known to have held employment.

See the movie Obama does not want you to see: Own the DVD that probes this unprecedented presidential eligibility mystery!

The Social Security website confirms the first three numbers in his ID are reserved for applicants with Connecticutaddresses, 040-049.

“Since 1973, Social Security numbers have been issued by our central office,” the Social Security website explains. “The first three (3) digits of a person’s social security number are determined by the ZIP code of the mailing address shown on the application for a social security number.”

The question is being raised amid speculation about the president’s history fueled by an extraordinary lack of public documentation. Along with his original birth certificate, Obama also has not released educational records, scholarly articles, passport documents, medical records, papers from his service in the Illinois state Senate, Illinois State Bar Association records, any baptism records and adoption papers.

Robert Siciliano, president and CEO of IDTheftSecurity.com and a nationally recognized expert on identity theft, agrees the Social Security number should be questioned.

“I know Social Security numbers have been issued to people in states where they don’t live, but there’s usually a good reason the person applied for a Social Security number in a different state,” Siciliano told WND.

WND asked Siciliano whether he thought the question was one the White House should answer.

“Yes,” he replied. “In the case of President Obama, I really don’t know what the good reason would be that he has a SocialSecurity number issued in Connecticut when we know he was a resident of Hawaii.”

Siciliano is a frequent expert guest on identify theft on cable television networks, including CNN, CNBC and the Fox News Channel.

New documents point to Indonesian citizenship
Mother dropped Obama from U.S. passport when being American dangerous

Obama on MySpace: I’m now 4 years younger!
On his purported birthday, president actually subtracts from his age

CNN shock for Obama
Astonishing number of Americans refusing to accept prez’s eligibility

Rush Limbaugh: It’s Obama’s birthday, without evidence
Radio host quips: ‘Not that we’ve seen any proof of that’

Oops! Obama mama passport ‘destroyed’
State Department claims records gone for Stanley Ann Dunham prior to 1968

Candidate for Congress: ‘Usurper’ holds Oval Office
But impeachment not solution, since ‘that would imply he held seat in valid manner’

Eligibility challenger: Bring on the evidence
Officer who refused orders from Obama chain of command seeking birth records

Hawaiian birth? Still ineligible
Best-selling book cites Founders, numerous Supreme Court rulings

Judges evade Obama birth-certificate query
Abandon plans to penalize attorney whose clients challenged eligibility

Candidate: Those asking eligibility questions ‘dumba-ses’
Colorado’s Buck admits he shouldn’t have used word

Obama pal slams WND for eligibility reporting
Guv candidate declared president’s birth was at Hawaii’s Kapiolani Hospital

Obama ‘citizenship papers’ arrive from remote village
Author: ‘This brings new proof he is American just like everyone else’

Eligibility challenger: Army convicted me without trial
Lakin: ‘Derogatory remarks come from charges still under investigation’

Florida asked, ‘Where’s the birth certificate?’
Latest billboard erected in Lake City, ‘gateway’ to the state

Black candidate wonders if Obama ‘entitled’ to office
Indiana’s Scott joins list of public figures asking eligibility questions

Obama student-loan mystery shrouded by ‘politics’
Attorney representing 9 federal employees slams Justice Department

Senator: Resolve eligibility in court
‘I support organizations’ that raise birth challenge

Next stop for ‘Where’s the birth certificate?’ campaign
Dallas fans have opportunity to help fund billboards in their hometown

Senate-seeker wants Obama birth-certificate treatment
‘If I didn’t prove citizenship, I’d be removed from the ballot’

Has ‘standing’ been created in hunt for Obama birth doc?
Appellate judges threaten penalties for seeking president’s information

Guess who’s covering sensational claim on Obama’s birth
National magazine publishes story about alleged White House cover-up

Appeals panel considers whether Obama even American
Case challenges eligibility for failure to provide proof of citizenship

Not even 4 in 10 believe Obama birth story
Magazine boasts 63% think president born somewhere in the states

Hawaii elections official victim of vicious smears
Honolulu clerk alleging cover-up: ‘They have failed quite miserably’

Brand-new billboard keeps pressure on Obama
Pennsylvania gets another taste of ‘Where’s the birth certificate?’

GOP’s King on birth certificate: ‘There’s 1 we haven’t seen’
Speech on babies’ share of national debt references presidential eligibility dispute

Obama’s not alone with birth-certificate problem …
Inspector general: Even certificates in doubt because of fraud potential

Elections official hits TV to affirm no Hawaii birth
Tells network affiliate hospital certificate non-existent, cites racism for controversy

Congressman says Obama birthplace ‘not in Hawaii’
Inglis spars with Colbert over race in South Carolina district

Hawaiian elections clerk has eligibility ‘solution’
Official who says Obama has no birth certificate thinks idea would ‘solve entire controversy’

1 Obama record-hunter pleads guilty
Admits unauthorized computer access to president’s student loan docs

Army disses officer challenging Obama
‘Extremely talented’ evaluation altered to ‘does not possess sound judgment’

Election official: I’d testify Obama not born in Hawaii
Clerk willing to swear in court about no hospital birth record

Hawaii elections clerk hits YouTube
Features WND story exposing allegations Obama birth certificate doesn’t exist

Officer to Army: See you in court
Waives initial hearing on charges of failing to obey chain of command

Gibbs sidesteps Social Security question
Asked about affidavits that Obama’s ID was assigned to Connecticut address

Hawaii elections clerk: Obama not born here
Official who oversaw ballots in 2008 race says hospital birth certificate non-existent

Michael Savage: Obama may be foreign ‘usurper’
Radio host decries ‘extreme dangers’ of president with ‘dual allegiances’

Army slams door on Obama details
‘Items pertaining to the president’s credentials are not relevant’

Recusal sought for ‘Twitter’ judge in eligibility case
Court accused of ‘operating with a strong bias’

Poll shocker! Majority wants Obama records
Maintain president should be chased from office if he doesn’t come clean

Obama history-hunters: We plead ‘not guilty’
Prosecutors: Defendants trying to access president’s college-year records

U.S. Selective Service in Obama cover-up?
Mysterious Social Security Number now wreaks havoc in online search

Harlem ‘trial’ finds Obama ‘guilty’
Pastor says incriminating information to be given to ‘authorities’

Google hides Obama’s Social Sec. # story
Searches for WND report diverted to Kagan, oil, Tampa stories

Investigators: Obama uses Connecticut Soc. Sec. #
3 experts insist White House answer new questions about documentation

Obama eligibility ‘trial’ set to launch
Academics, citizenship to be investigated

Hearing set for officer challenging eligibility
Army doctor’s investigation scheduled for June 11

Eligibility lawyer to become election favorite?
Taitz seeking position as secretary of state to audit Obama’s credentials

Elections chief: Constitution ‘important’
Ineligible candidate would be ‘biggest scam ever perpetuated on American people’

Obama waives ethics rules for eligibility lawyer
White House: Restrictions on top attorney ‘not in public interest’

NASCAR connection to Obama’s birth certificate
Drivers near famed racetrack confronted with president’s eligibility

See Michelle call Barack a ‘Kenyan’
Video includes comments about Obama at fundraiser

Hawaii governor announces ‘exact’ place of Obama birth
‘Question has been asked and answered, and I think we should all move on now’

Army officer to tell CNN about challenge to Obama
Lakin facing Article 32 hearing that starts court-martial process

The question that just won’t go away
Bethel, Pa., sign asks ‘Where’s the Birth Certificate?’

Rush: Obama ‘afraid’ of eligibility question?
Talk-radio icon suggests prez ‘touchy on the subject of producing your papers’

‘New eligibility strategy working’
Petition drive spurs action in half a dozen states

Eligibility sponsor fears GOP protecting Obama
Vote approaching on demand candidates prove ‘natural born’ status

Is billboard campaign working?
‘Where’s the birth certificate?’ slogan bringing issue home

Another state considers Arizona eligibility plan
Georgia lawmaker says when Congress won’t act, ‘states have a duty to step up’

Army to ‘inquire’ into charges against Lakin
Will seek ‘disposition … in the interest of justice and discipline’

Retired Army general: Lt. Col. Lakin has ‘valid point’
‘He has right to discovery. Producing birth certificate is very important’

Army charges Lt. Col. Lakin
Officer demanding proof of eligibility accused of failing to report for duty

Approaching apocalypse: Will Obama docs surface?
Attorney hints proof of eligibility will come up in officer’s defense

Army officer ‘flagged’ for challenging Obama
‘It means there can be no favorable actions taken for me’

Eligibility challenger to go public
Army officer hits airwaves to answer questions

Justice Clarence Thomas: We’re ‘evading’ eligibility
Does testimony hint at division behind Supreme Court’s doors?

Officer challenging Obama ‘reassigned’
No charges yet for surgeon demanding eligibility proof

NPR changes archive regarding president’s birth
Claims correction proper ‘since Obama was born in Hawaii’

Officer challenging Obama ‘reassigned’
No charges yet for surgeon demanding eligibility docs

Kenyan officials affirm: Obama ‘son of this soil’
In partying mood, did African lawmakers say too much?

Officer to Army: Bring it on!
Refusing to deploy without eligibility answers, misses due date at Fort Campbell

FBI destroyed file on Obama’s grandfather
Dunham befriended communist mentor of future president

Kenyan official: Obama born here
In debate over constitution, minister urges African nation to emulate U.S.

NPR archive describes Obama as ‘Kenyan-born’
Description accompanies interview about ‘son of Africa’

Drive to demand birth certificate hits major milestone
Question over Obama’s eligibility to Oval Office appears to be growing

Obama critic hit with charges
Facing April 20 hearing over ‘disorderly conduct’ in Tennessee

Officer questioning eligibility faces new threats
Army: ‘You could be sentenced to dismissal, confinement’

Did Michelle say Barack born in Kenya?
Video clip of reference in speech goes viral on Internet

Eligibility challenger: Don’t touch my brain!
Flight surgeon questioning Obama rejects Army’s suggestion of ‘help’

New strategy unveiled to force Obama on eligibility
Petition calls on state election officials to verify qualifications in 2012

Army suggests brain scan for eligibility challenger
Flight surgeon questions Obama’s right to be commander in chief

Army ‘showdown’ at eligibility corral
Top doctor refuses orders, urges Obama to show birth certificate

Obama: Tea party based on eligibility issue
‘There are some folks who just weren’t sure whether I was born in the U.S.’

California ‘had duty’ to examine Obama eligibility
Brief cites Supreme Court determination candidates can be removed from ballot

Attorney links eligibility, health care challenges
Motion says new law invalid because of Obama’s missing documentation

Court told ‘citizen’ Obama actually may be alien
‘Under British Nationality Act … he was a British subject’

Elections official frets over eligibility attorney’s run
Secretary of state’s campaign worries over ‘right-wing’ influences

Eligibility lawyer says ‘standing’ a no-brainer
‘How can you deny he’s affecting me?’

Glenn Beck: Eligibility ‘not winnable argument’
Tells Denver radio host Peter Boyles ‘I haven’t looked into it at all’

Now a government questions eligibility
‘It’s not law if qualified president isn’t signing it’

McCain ‘birthers’: ABC, CBS, NBC, others
Eligibility issue huge in 2008 when focus on Obama opponent

Look up! Obama’s eligibility issue sizzling again
‘Where’s the birth certificate?’ campaign finds new location

Rep. Broun wonders if Obama ‘citizen’
‘I don’t know,’ is his response to radio host’s question

Arizona lawmakers a joke to prez?
Gibbs: Obama not paying attention to push for eligibility document

New move cancels even valid birth certificates
Native Puerto Ricans left wondering what to do now

Eligibility lawyer: I’ll demand proof
Activist may seek public office to resolve questions over Obama’s birth

‘Where’s the Birth Certificate?’ billboards are back!
Pennsylvania travelers being asked eligibility question

Does this sign reveal Obama’s birthplace?
Man who posted original photo goes public with mystery’s truth

Lawyer vs. Obama: Ineligibility could prove costly
USJF chief: ‘This is completely uncharted territory’

Canadian citizenship hurdle to be U.S. president?
Michigan governor pooh-poohs concern over dual allegiances

Oops! Obama tells another nativity fib?
Records indicate father not part of Kenyan airlift, as prez said

Attorney facing penalties wants birth docs for defense
‘Hardship on plaintiff greatly outweighs hardship on defendant’

Oklahoma firecracker takes on Obama eligibility
Candidate: ‘If he claims he was born at Kapi’olani, I want him to show proof’

‘I don’t know whether Obama’s a U.S. citizen’
Growing list of lawmakers, talker questioning eligibility of president

Obama’s prayer: ‘Don’t question my citizenship’
Raises issue of eligibility in speech at annual breakfast gathering

Chrysler bankruptcy lawyers raise eligibility question
Defense of dealer dismissals cites question of Obama’s birth

Courts can remove ineligible chief executive
Precedent cited in appeal of California challenge to president’s tenure

D.C. court case demands Obama explain eligibility
Contends president’s allegiance is to Britain, Kenya, Indonesia

Democrats suddenly interested in Obama birth certificate
Senate campaign director has plan to harm Republicans running for offices

Even Californians doubt president’s eligibility
Survey says 1 in 3 have unanswered questions

Birth certificate ‘baloney’: ‘Official’ doesn’t mean real
Investigation shows how terrorists, fakers could pass as U.S. citizens

Hawaii launches defense to Obama birth queries
Posts ‘vital records’ Web page saying responses ‘not’ required

Appeals court told Obama ‘security risk’
Eligibility case says ‘usurper’ lacks ‘constitutional authority’

Obama’s eligibility becomes war between the states
Lawmakers jump into fray, seek answer to constitutional question

3 dozen lawmakers want proof of Obama eligibility
Proposal would demand state officials independently verify information

Birthers, is Secret Service watching you?
Agents pay visits to those who question Obama’s eligibility

White House mum on eligibility demand
Congressman’s question to president confirmed

Newspapers’ birth announcements: So what?
Critics rely on routine published statements in Honolulu

Report: Congressman challenges Obama eligibility
‘This forever changes the public discourse’

Glenn Beck on birther issue: ‘Dumbest thing I’ve ever heard’
Claims controversy is political ‘dream come true’ for Obama
–WND

Guess how ‘the One’ will be honored next
Obama Day, Park, High School, Birthplace – if only they can figure exactly where that is
–WND

Guess what AOL users say about eligibility questions
67% polled support Palin’s remarks about Obama birth
–WND

Palin: OK to press Obama’s eligibility
Voters ‘rightfully’ making doubt about birth certificate an issue
–WND

Appeals brief scheduled in Obama eligibility challenge
‘We look forward to moving ahead with this very important constitutional case’
–WND

Judge dismisses California eligibility challenge
Plaintiffs promise appeal of ruling protecting Obama
–WND

Does eligibility court clerk have ties to Obama?
Wikipedia editors scrub page over ‘fears that some birther might go nuts’
–WND

Michelle contradicts Obama nativity story
Divulges Ann Dunham was ‘very young and very single’ at birth of U.S. president
–WND

Appeal filed in Obama eligibility argument
‘Court cannot refuse to hear a case because it prefers not’
–WND

Obama law tab up to $1.7 million
‘Grass-roots army’ contributions used to crush eligibility lawsuits?
–WND

Judge accused of ‘intimidation’
Eligibility lawyer takes $20,000 penalty to next level
–WND

Judge tosses eligibility case against Congress
‘We’ve lost a skirmish. Now on with the war in the higher courts!’
–WND

Obama from Kenya, archived report says
Revives worry about president’s eligibility for office
–WND

Plaintiff: Courts must hear eligibility arguments
Cites Marshall opinion that to refuse is treason
–WND

Judge sets ‘final’ calendar for eligibility challenge
Ruling suggests there will be a trial, but doesn’t confirm it
–WND

Judge: Eligibility dispute is ‘serious’
Says case will be expedited when representation lined up
–WND

Obama eligibility case survives 1st court test
Judge hears arguments, refuses immediate dismissal demand
–WND

Obama eligibility to see its day in court?
Pivotal hearing decides whether ‘birther’ case will be trashed, heard on merits
–WND

Obama from Kenya, archived report says
Revives worry about president’s eligibility for office
–WND

Eligibility attorney mocked, fined $20,000
Judge: Perhaps ‘eccentric citizen’ convinced president ‘alien from Mars’
–WND

Senator says Obama’s birth location doesn’t matter
Tim Johnson: He’s natural-born citizen ‘regardless’ of place
–WND

Was Obama’s birth out of wedlock?
Book rekindles speculation parents never married
–WND

Congressman: Obama has something to hide
It’s not citizenship, but ‘there’s some other issue there’
–WND

Judge stalls access to Obama birth data
Says he’ll adjust trial date if plaintiffs need time for researching prez records
–WND

Motion: Judge follows ‘illegitimate chain of command’
Document alleged evidence ‘courts are subject to external control’
–WND

Judge threatens eligibility lawyer with $10,000 fine
Says case, appeal of dismissal frivolous
–WND

Feminist Camille Paglia: Birthers have a point
Tells radio audience ‘there are legitimate questions about the documentation’
–WND

Eligibility lawyer urges focus on the goal
Taitz says ‘attacks’ need to be directed at Obama
–WND

Judge ridicules eligibility case
Trashes soldier’s complaint, compares merits to ‘Alice in Wonderland’
–WND

Legislator takes eligibility question to election officials
‘I expect somebody to come up with some answers; so far that hasn’t happened’
–WND

President’s lawyers say eligibility question over
Argue for dismissal of lawsuit over Obama’s qualifications
–WND

Legislator takes eligibility question to election officials
‘I expect somebody to come up with answers; so far that hasn’t happened’
–WND

Soldier ordered not to challenge Obama’s eligibility?
Army doctor claims she was barred from answering judge’s call to court
–WND

Eye-popper: Is Nancy Pelosi in on eligibility cover-up?
Online images for certification of nomination raise questions
–WND

Birth-certificate seller surfaces as witness
Testifying in case challenging President Obama’s eligibility
–WND

Obama presents ‘nativity myth’ to schoolkids
Evidence shows mother actually left days after president born
–WND

‘Birth certificate’ billboards on the Net
Ads reach targeted audience, extend campaign reaching millions a day
–WND

Shocker! Judge orders trial on eligibility issue
Arguments planned Jan. 11 for major Obama challenge
–WND

Panic in D.C.? Justice urges birth suit tossed
Late motion filed by feds as case ready for hearing
–WND

Billboard campaign hits San Antonio
‘Where’s the birth certificate?’ Still no answers
–WND

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By: GIG CONAUGHTON – Staff Writer | Posted: Saturday, October 15, 2005 12:00 am | No Comments Posted

NORTH COUNTY SAN DIEGO CA —— Hospital officials said Friday they’re ready to obey a new state law and publish price lists of common medical procedures for patients and consumers —— but said it would be an administrative burden for hospital staffs and could confuse the public.

Assembly Bill 1045, signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger last week, will require all hospitals across the state to publish online price lists of the 25 most common inpatient and outpatient procedures they perform —— ranging from heart-bypass surgeries to appendectomies to delivering babies.

In addition, hospitals will be required to give uninsured patients price estimates on request before they’re treated. The law takes effect Jan. 1, 2006.

The idea behind the law is to give people a first-ever chance to comparatively shop among hospitals when they need medical help and to reduce the “sticker shock” thousands of patients feel each year, Assemblyman Dario Frommer, D-Glendale, the law’s author, said Friday.

Local hospital officials, however, said that although they’re ready to comply with the new law, they believe it could further confuse the public and possibly increase health care costs.

Debbie Binczewski, charge services manager for Palomar Pomerado Health, said the published prices will merely be averages of what a procedure costs and won’t reflect actual prices of procedures if patients suffer complications. Palomar Pomerado is North County’s largest public hospital district and runs Escondido’s Palomar Medical Center and Poway’s Pomerado Hospital.

“You might be expecting to pay “x” amount going in, and it could end up being substantially more,” Binczewski said.

Judith Yates, vice president of the Health Care Association of San Diego and Imperial Counties, a hospital advocacy group, said the new law could actually drive up health care prices because hospitals will have to hire people to create, publish and update the lists.

Reached by phone in Sacramento on Friday, Frommer laughed.

“Hospitals have fought this thing all along,” he said.

Frommer said if a person brings his automobile to a mechanic for service, the mechanic is required to give the person an estimate of how much the work should cost —— but not hospitals.

He said until now, people who have needed medical treatment have gone into hospitals in the dark.

“I think people have a right to know what these types of procedures will cost,” he said. “And this will focus attention on pricing by hospitals. If you’ve ever looked at it, prices vary wildly, even for the cost of a tablet of Tylenol.”

Frommer said the new law is a clarification of a previous bill he authored and that was signed into law in 2003, the “Payers’ Bill of Rights.” That bill grew out of the Assembly’s investigation into charges that Tenet Healthcare Corp. overcharged patients.

He said the intent of that bill was also to require hospitals to publish lists of medical prices.

But Frommer said the bill wasn’t specific as to how those prices should be published. Hospitals published lists of their “charge-masters” ——- complicated, dense lists of the prices of every service they provided, typically containing 12,000 to 13,000 various prices.

The new law will require prices for whole procedures.

“They flouted the spirit of the law,” Frommer said. “I’m a little surprised to hear them pooh-poohing this bill.”

Ondrea Labella, director of patient business services at Oceanside’s Tri-City Medical Center, said it wasn’t fair to say that hospitals didn’t comply with the first law. And, she said, Tri-City officials already supply patients with price estimates if they request them.

But Labella agreed with Yates and Binczewski, saying that the new law would be an administrative and financial burden.

Officials from Scripps Memorial Hospital, Encinitas, could not be reached Friday for comment.

Frommer said one of the biggest reasons he pushed the bill was to help the large numbers of people who don’t have health insurance.

People who have health insurance generally don’t pay the full cost of their medical treatment. Instead, they pay the co-payments outlined in their premiums.

But uninsured people —— very often the working poor —— face paying the full amount of medical prices, meaning they take a disproportionate share of the burden of health care costs.

“The biggest cause of personal bankruptcy is medical bills,” Frommer said. “And the people who have to pay the full freight are those without insurance. This (law) is a way to start focusing on those folks and give them information.”

Frommer said the new law would also help employers as they look for health care plans for their employees.

Next year, he said, legislators hope to require hospitals to submit information that would be used on published “report cards” that will grade hospitals on the quality of the services to go along with their price lists.

Yates of the hospital association, meanwhile, said hospitals want to provide consumers with information.

But she said that because most people have health insurance, and don’t pay the full cost of their health care, it’s not likely that many will “comparatively shop.”

“All (hospitals) do is groan,” she said, “because (this law) is more work. One more thing to do. One more thing that drives up the cost of health care because you have to have people to do it.”

Contact staff writer Gig Conaughton at (760) 739-6696 or gconaughton@nctimes.com.

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