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Public Health Workers Are Quitting Over Assignments to Guantánamo
U.S. Public Health Service doctors and nurses are being deployed to Guantánamo and other detention centers as President Donald Trump escalates mass arrests in his campaign to curb immigration. Some have resigned in protest. Others offer a rare look into bleak conditions.
Newsom Tries To Thread Needle on Immigrant Health as Ambitions Turn National
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Ponerlos al tanto de estos riesgos podrĂa disuadirlos de inscribirse en el Medicaid de Emergencia, que ofrece atenciĂłn mĂ©dica de urgencias a inmigrantes que no califican para la cobertura regular de Medicaid.
With ICE Using Medicaid Data, Hospitals and States Are in a Bind Over Warning Immigrant Patients
The Trump administration’s move to give deportation officials access to Medicaid data is forcing hospitals and states to consider alerting immigrant patients that information from emergency medical coverage applications could be used in efforts to remove them from the country.
Newsom propuso que el estado no intervenga cuando, a partir de octubre, el gobierno federal deje de brindar cobertura médica a unos 200.000 residentes legales, entre ellos solicitantes de asilo y refugiados.
Newsom Walks Thin Line on Immigrant Health as He Eyes Presidential Bid
Progressives are assailing Gov. Gavin Newsom for proposing to pull back coverage for some legal residents, such as refugees and asylum-seekers, while conservatives lambaste the California Democrat for using limited state funds on Medicaid coverage for immigrants without legal status.
â€I Can’t Tell You’: Attorneys, Relatives Struggle To Find Hospitalized ICE Detainees
Some hospitals are registering patients detained by federal immigration officers under pseudonyms and prohibiting staff from contacting family members. Attorneys and health care workers say the practices facilitate rights violations and create ethical concerns. Hospitals say they’re trying to protect patients.
Enfrentan grandes barreras para localizar a los pacientes, saber cómo están de salud y brindarles apoyo legal y emocional.
What the Health? From Ńîąóĺú´«Ă˝Ň•îl Health News: The Hazards of ICE for Public Health
The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is not just roiling politics but also directly affecting the provision of health care, medical groups say. Meanwhile, in Washington, federal spending bills have been stalled by the fight over immigration enforcement funding after the shooting death of a second person in Minneapolis this month. Maya Goldman of Axios, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post join Ńîąóĺú´«Ă˝Ň•îl Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more.
Planes de Medicaid refuerzan el contacto con afiliados ante los cambios que se avecinan
Nueva ley recorta más de $900.000 millones en financiamiento federal para Medicaid. También elimina alrededor de $187.000 millones del Programa de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria.
A casi dos semanas de iniciada la operación llamada Catahoula Crunch, que comenzó el 3 de diciembre, profesionales de salud y defensores comunitarios en Louisiana y Mississippi reportan un aumento inusual de pacientes inmigrantes que se han salteado citas médicas.
Call 911 or Risk Losing the Baby? Raids Force Some Immigrants To Avoid Care
More immigrants in New Orleans and Mississippi are skipping important health care appointments and experiencing heightened stress amid federal immigration raids.
Nueva tarifa de $100.000 por visa impuesta por Trump afecta a trabajadores de salud rurales
El sistema de salud en Estados Unidos depende del personal nacido en el extranjero para cubrir plazas como médicos, enfermeros, técnicos y otros profesionales, especialmente en zonas rurales.
Rural Health Providers Hit by $100K Trump Visa Fee
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This HIV Expert Refused To Censor Data, Then Quit the CDC
HIV physician John Weiser talks about why complying with President Donald Trump’s orders to erase transgender people is bad for science and society. And he notes that acquiescing didn’t spare the CDC from further harm.
Rural Health Providers Could Be Collateral Damage From $100K Trump Visa Fee
Dozens of health care organizations have asked the Trump administration to shield the doctors, nurses, and techs they need to fill shortages from the president’s new $100,000 visa fee for skilled foreign workers. So far, there’s no sign of a reprieve.
El ICE puede estar en el hospital con un paciente bajo custodia. Pero los detenidos tienen derechos
Expertos legales explican que los agentes del ICE pueden estar en áreas públicas de un hospital y pueden acompañar a pacientes que ya están detenidos mientras reciben atención médica, lo que refleja el alcance de la autoridad federal.
Once a Patient’s in Custody, ICE Can Be at Hospital Bedsides — But Detainees Have Rights
Federal law allows Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to guard detainees at health care facilities, but patients can ask to speak privately with medical providers and lawyers.
RepresiĂłn de Trump empuja a inmigrantes vĂctimas de violencia domĂ©stica a las sombras
Además de ser más vulnerables a la violencia sexual, los inmigrantes enfrentan mĂşltiples desafĂos de salud fĂsica y mental, segĂşn los investigadores.
What the Health? From Ńîąóĺú´«Ă˝Ň•îl Health News: The Government Is Open
The record-long federal shutdown is over after a small group of Democrats agreed to a deal with most Republicans that funds the government through January — but, notably, does not extend more generous Affordable Care Act tax credits. Plus, new details are emerging about how the Trump administration is using the Medicaid program to advance its policy goals. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join Ńîąóĺú´«Ă˝Ň•îl Health News’ Emmarie Huetteman to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Ńîąóĺú´«Ă˝Ň•îl Health News’ Julie Rovner interviews Ńîąóĺú´«Ă˝Ň•îl Health News’ Julie Appleby, who wrote the latest “Bill of the Month” feature.
