US EditionWith ICE Using Medicaid Data, Hospitals in a Bind over Warning Immigrant Patients - The Nevada Independent
Hospitals face ethical challenges in warning immigrant patients about ICE access to Emergency Medicaid data, affecting care for millions, with 22 states legally blocking data-sharing, experts say.
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With ICE using Medicaid data, hospitals in a bind over warning immigrant patients - The Nevada Independent
By Phil Galewitz and Amanda Seitz, KFF Health NewsThe Trump administration’s move to give deportation officials access to Medicaid data is putting hospitals and states in a bind as they weigh whether to alert immigrant patients that their personal information, including home addresses, could be used in efforts to remove them from the country. Warning patients could deter them from signing up for a program called Emergency Medicaid, through which…
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(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration's move to give deportation officials access to Medicaid data is putting hospitals and states in a bind as they weigh whether to alert immigrant patients that their personal information, including home...
The Trump administration's decision to grant deportation officials access to Medicaid data is putting hospitals and states in a bind, as they must decide whether to warn their immigrant patients that all their personal information, including their home address, could be used to deport them. Making them aware of these risks could discourage them from enrolling in a program called Emergency Medicaid, through which the government reimburses hospita…
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