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
Gov. Greg Abbott warns Texas Children’s Hospital over doctor’s viral comments
A doctor spoke out in a TikTok against the executive order requiring Texas public hospitals to collect information about undocumented immigrants.
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.
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
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 ...
Texas Doctor's TikTok on Collecting Patient Immigration Data Goes Viral
Doctor Tony Pastor said Governor Greg Abbott's executive order had left providers feeling uncomfortable and scared patients.
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Texas governor threatens to pull children’s hospital funding over doctor’s viral post
Dr. Tony Pastor, a cardiologist at Texas Children’s Hospital and ... “This new law that's asking hospitals for immigration status is under the guise of trying to get data on how much money ...