My wife works as a pediatric nurse; the doctor she worked for until recently treated predominately Hispanic, Medicaid-insured children. She sees first hand what

My wife works as a pediatric nurse; the doctor she worked for until recently treated predominately Hispanic, Medicaid-insured children. She sees first hand what gets covered and what doesn't. For illegal immigrants and their children, the options are very limited (though many do choose to self-pay at doctors' offices). My point wasn't what isn't available. My point was that, regardless of ability to pay or any other factor, everybody in America has access to the American health care system for acute treatment (something Ebola would certainly be classified as). Whether you can make it to a doctor's office or are stuck at the ER for your kid's cold depends on a lot of other factors, but, even then, your kid will get seen for that cold. I don't know where you got "hysteria" from...