Saturday, November 23, 2024

A WASTE OF TIME BECAUSE THE FEDS ARE NOT GOING TO REIMBURSE THE STATE FOR THE COST OF TREATING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

Texas hospitals are now required to ask for patients’ citizenship. Here’s what you should know.

Gov. Greg Abbott wants to know how much hospitals spend caring for undocumented immigrants. Hospitals should not deny care based on how patients respond.

 

 
The Texas Tribune
Nov 21, 2024
 
 
The emergency center at Ben Taub Hospital in the Texas Medical Center in Houston on June 26, 2020.

Do I have to answer hospitals’ questions about my citizenship or immigration status?

Will I be denied treatment if I refuse to answer?

What if a hospital employee pressures me to respond? What recourse do I have?

Why are hospitals doing this?

What will hospitals do with this information?

At what point of the visit are they asking this question?

Does the governor’s order apply to the urgent care clinics that are run by hospitals?

Are all patients being asked this question?

Will I be asked this question regardless of my ability to pay for care?

What if I don’t feel comfortable asking for more information or discussing my rights in English?

1 comment:

bob walsh said...

Gathering information is a perfectly reasonable thing to do for a government, especially financial information, under these circumstances.