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.
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 d
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.
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
Texas governor threatens hospitals over viral video urging defiance of immigration order
A viral video featuring a Texas doctor urging patients to ignore Governor Greg Abbott's executive order on immigration status has sparked a heated controversy..
Gov. Abbott Warns Texas Children’s Hospital in Funding Showdown Over Immigration Policy and Viral TikTok Clash
Gov. Abbott threatens Texas Children’s Hospital over funding due to a cardiologist's TikTok opposing an immigration order.
Gov. Abbott threatens to defund children’s hospital over doctor’s viral TikTok about citizenship question
"Hey Texas Children’s Hospital & Baylor College of Medicine this doctor is putting your Medicaid & Medicare funding at risk. [You] better think twice & have crystal clear records," Abbott wrote.
Abbott threatens to pull funding from hospital after doctor’s TikTok
An executive order signed by Abbott went into effect on Nov. 1 requiring Texas public hospitals to ask for information from undocumented immigrants and report that data to the state. Critics fear the change could scare people away from hospitals in the state, but Texas Children’s Hospital says they are following the order.
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
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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 ...
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Texas governor warns of 'consequences' to hospital funding after doctor's viral TikTok
is now on patient intake forms in hospitals across Texas, according to San Antonio Express-News ... “Hospitals are ...
Greg Abbott responds to Texas doctor's advice to skip citizenship question: 'There will be consequences'
After a Texas doctor went viral for advising patients to skip the U.S. citizenship question on intake forms, Abbott seemingly ...