American Greatness
Governor Greg Abbott has issued a stark warning that there “will be consequences” for defying his Executive Order requiring hospitals in Texas to ask patients if they are citizens of the United States.
The governor’s order, issued on August 8, requires hospitals that accept Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Plan coverage to ask patients to include the question, “Are you a U.S. citizen?” on patient intake forms.The purpose of the mandate is to collect billing information on illegal immigrants who use Texas public hospitals for inpatient and emergency care so the state can bill the federal government for those costs.
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Why should American taxpayers pay medical bills for anyone walking into the US? How many other countries will pay for my medical bills if I show up unannounced??
shitholers bez mo impotent than us taxpayers
The fundamental problem was created when hospitals became “public” with care regardless of ability to pay. While I admire their charitable spirit, passing along those cost to others (spending other people’s money) is not charity, it is thievery. Sure, they aren’t holding the gun, government is happy to hold the gun for them.
cuba, mexico, north korea, guatemala, venezuela would do the same for us citizens. right?
Blame The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) passed in 1986. It requires any hospital accepting Medicare must provide medical screening examination to anyone seeking treatment regardless of citizenship, legal status or ability to pay. This is why people treat the ER like a visit to their GP, you and I, the taxpayer foot the bill. Thank you Reagan, he signed this monstrosity into law.