{"id":120934,"date":"2024-11-01T19:22:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T12:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120934"},"modified":"2024-11-01T19:22:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T12:22:44","slug":"texas-hospitals-will-ask-about-immigration-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120934","title":{"rendered":"Texas hospitals will ask about immigration status"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Texas hospitals must ask patients starting Friday <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-mass-deportations-latino-voters-ec64f85e3633c9c7a8a247eaf9feb64f\">whether they are in the U.S. legally<\/a><\/span> and track the cost of treating people without legal status following an order by <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/greg-abbott\">Republican Gov. Greg Abbott<\/a><\/span> that expands the state\u2019s clash with the Biden administration over immigration. <\/p>\n<p>Critics fear the change could scare people away from hospitals in Texas, even though patients are not required to answer the questions to receive medical care. The mandate is similar to a policy that debuted <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/florida-immigration-law-effects-immigrants-desantis-6997fe6cdbcfa9d0b309bb700690e747\">last year in Florida<\/a><\/span>, where <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ron-desantis\">Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis<\/a><\/span> is also a frequent critic of the federal government\u2019s handling of illegal crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border.<\/p>\n<p>Texas hospitals have spent months preparing for the change and have sought to reassure patients that it won\u2019t affect their level of care. <\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what to know: <\/p>\n<h2>Required to ask, not required to answer<\/h2>\n<p>Under the executive order announced by Abbott in August, hospitals must ask patients if they are citizens in the U.S. and whether they are lawfully present in the country. <\/p>\n<p>Patients have the right to withhold the information and hospital workers must tell them their responses will not affect their care, as required by federal law.<\/p>\n<h2>Tracking hospital costs and patient data<\/h2>\n<p>Hospitals are not required to begin submitting reports to the state until March. An early draft of a spreadsheet made by state health officials to track data does not include fields to submit patient names or personal information. <\/p>\n<p>Providers will fill out a breakdown of visits by inpatient and emergency care patients and document whether they are lawfully present in the country, citizens or not lawfully present in the U.S. <\/p>\n<p>The reports will also add up costs for those covered by Medicaid or the Children\u2019s Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP; and the cost for patients without it. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTexans should not have to shoulder the burden of financially supporting medical care for illegal immigrants,\u201d Abbott said when he announced the policy. <\/p>\n<h2>Texas is following Florida\u2019s lead<\/h2>\n<p>Florida enacted a <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/florida-immigration-law-effects-immigrants-desantis-6997fe6cdbcfa9d0b309bb700690e747\">similar law<\/a><\/span> last year. Health care advocates contend the law has made immigrants who need of emergency medical care fearful and led to fewer people seeking help, even from facilities not subject to the law.<\/p>\n<p>Florida\u2019s early data is \u2014 by the state\u2019s own admission \u2014 <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/immigration-hospitals-florida-texas-desantis-abbott-21faed1d4d1b984ea3557d09f22dab9d\">limited<\/a><\/span>. The data is self-reported. Anyone can decline to answer, an option chosen by nearly 8% of people admitted to the hospital and about 7% of people who went to the emergency room from June to December 2023, according to Florida\u2019s state report. Fewer than 1% of people who went to the emergency room or were admitted to the hospital reported being in the U.S. \u201cillegally.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Texas hospitals have been preparing <\/h2>\n<p>Immigrant and health care advocates have sought to educate the Texas public about their rights. In Florida, groups used text messages, posters and emails to get the word out. But advocates there have said they didn\u2019t see fears subside for about a year.<\/p>\n<p>Health care providers received directives from the state and guidance from the Texas Hospital Association. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bottom line for patients is that this doesn\u2019t change hospital care. Texas hospitals continue to be a safe place for needed care,\u201d said Carrie Williams, spokesperson for the hospital association.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/texas-immigration-hospital-health-care-abbott-florida-aeee92d7515a18b492c737b3657569ab\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas hospitals must ask patients starting Friday whether they are in the U.S. legally and track the cost of treating people without legal status following an order by Republican Gov. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120934\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=120934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120934\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=120934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=120934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=120934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}