Texas Hospitals Now Asking About Immigration Status: What Patients Need to Know
The policy, driven by Gov. Abbott's executive order, aims to assess healthcare costs for undocumented immigrants, sparking concerns about access and privacy.
Texas Hospitals Now Required to Ask About Immigration Status, Sparking Debates on Privacy and Healthcare Access
Texas hospitals must ask about patients' immigration status due to a new executive order, sparking concerns over privacy and healthcare access.
Gov. Abbott's order on immigration status sparks debate over healthcare access
Does Gov. Greg Abbott's new executive order actually prevent people from seeking help in the first place? Law professor Seth Chandler says the answer is, technically, no.
Texas Children’s Hospital comments on Abbott’s funding threat over immigration status order
An executive order issued by Abbott earlier this year directed Texas hospitals to ask patients if they are U.S. citizens, and begin collecting information about those who are not. The order, however d
Abbott threatens to withhold funds from Texas hospitals that don’t ask patients’ immigration status
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to restrict federal funding from Texas hospitals that refuse to “follow the law” after a Houston doctor asserted via social media that patients do not
East Texas hospitals now required to ask patients about citizenship status
KLTV reached out to East Texas hospitals to ask how the change would affect patients going forward. According to CHRISTUS Health, patients should not see a change to their care re
Texas Children’s Hospital comments on Abbott’s funding threat over new immigration status question
An executive order issued by Abbott earlier this year directed Texas hospitals to ask patients if they are U.S. citizens, and begin collecting information about those who are not. The order, however does not specifically mandate patients to answer the question.
Texas governor warns of 'consequences' to hospital funding after doctor's viral TikTok
Greg Abbott threatened to pull funding from Texas Children's Hospital after a doctor's viral video suggested a work-around to ...
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Post-election shifts in Texas politics
Graphic by Jezel Martinez / North by Northwestern. Licensed under Creative Commons Texas officials are emboldened to make ...
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Texas hospitals are now required to ask for patients’ citizenship. Here’s what you should know.
On Nov. 1, Texas hospitals that accept Medicaid ... Hospital staff can ask about their citizenship or immigration status at any point during the intake process but asking the question cannot ...