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Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order requiring hospitals to ask patients their citizenship status starting November 1st.
Gov. Greg Abbott, shown at a 2021 border news conference, has mandated that public hospitals in Texas inquire about patients’ citizenship status starting at the beginning of this month.
Waiting to get an appointment with a physician, staying in a waiting room before an appointment, and being observed during a physician's watchful waiting are different concepts in waiting for healthcare. When a patient is waiting, their family and friends may also be waiting for an outcome. [1] [2] Waiting time influences patient satisfaction.
Many undocumented immigrants delay or do not get necessary health care, which is related to their barriers to health insurance coverage. [7]According to study conducted using data from the 2003 California Health Interview Survey, of the Mexicans and other Latinos surveyed, undocumented immigrants had the lowest rates of health insurance and healthcare usage and were the youngest in age overall ...
The director of the Dublin, Georgia VA is being fired after "the hospital's staff closed out more than 1,500 patient appointments to hide long wait times." The director of the central Alabama VA system is being fired after a variety of problems were found by the VA Inspector General, including long wait times that some schedulers were ...
The average processing time for a citizenship application was cut in half from a record high of 11.5 months in 2021 to 4.9 months this fiscal year, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration ...
President Biden has also had a share of impactful acts during his presidency. In 2021, the U.S. Citizenship Act [38] was introduced to the house by the Biden administration. This act was set in place to create a path for citizenship for certain undocumented individuals.
On Nov. 1, hospitals will begin asking patients their citizenship status. But data suggests uninsured citizens, not immigrants, cost hospitals more.