Posted on 04/09/2018 6:22:57 AM PDT by outpostinmass2
Patients at the St. John’s Well Child & Family Center in South Los Angeles have recently started asking for copies of their medical records. Some request extra medicine from their doctors, taking home as much as they’ll supply.
“They want to have a stockpile,” clinic Chief Executive Jim Mangia said. “There’s this tremendous fear that on their way to take their kids to school, or on their way to the clinic, or on their way into the store, they’re going to get picked up and deported.”
Healthcare providers say President Trump’s aggressive moves against illegal immigration are posing risks to the health of many Californians, as patients cancel medical appointments or wait until the last minute to seek treatment.
Others are asking to leave public programs because they’re worried their personal information will end up with the federal government. Even more seem to be feeling anxious or depressed because of possible raids, prompting some providers to offer special training to deal with such mental health issues among immigrants.
And the recent anxiety has extended beyond those in the country without legal authorization, health advocates say.
St. John’s, which treats more immigrants who lack legal status than any clinic in the state, often hears from patients who are afraid they’ll run into federal authorities on their way to the clinic, employees said. In the last several months, staff members have practiced forming a human chain around the facility, in case immigration agents do show up one day.
Health advocates say immigrants’ reluctance to seek medical care is a step backward for a state that spent years encouraging people to sign up for health insurance and make regular doctor visits under the Affordable Care Act.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Elba Gonzalez-Mares, head of the nonprofit Community Health Initiative in Napa County, said her organization has been been helping county workers with urgent requests. Immigrants who lack legal status are eligible for certain public programs, such as food stamps for pregnant mothers or Medi-Cal for those younger than 19."
I thought illegal immigrants don't receive government welfare??
They receive all of it.
Cry me a rio.
Here’s an idea. Free medical treatment for immediate problem and free transportation back to your home country.
Michael Moore says Cuba has great medical care.
Jus say’n...
ICE, ICE, baby!
I hope the ILLEGALS (a term they decline to use in the title of course) become afraid of all public assistance - EBT, MCaid, housing, all of it.
The way these people get coddled is unreal.
Go home and your toxic stress about ICE will magically disappear!
“Healthcare providers say President Trump’s aggressive moves against illegal immigration are posing risks to the health of many ‘Californians,’ as patients cancel medical appointments or wait until the last minute to seek treatment.”
All ‘Californians’ are LEGAL? HA!
This is as it should be. The fear of deportation and/or prison NEEDS to be forefront in the minds of any and all alien INVADERS.
Out! Get. Out. OUT!
Never to return to the US. And that free care? Determine who has been hiring invaders. Fine those traitors to pay for the free medical care and transportation back home.
I hope they don't die in the streets. But if they do, it was their choice. Decisions have consequences.
meanwhile, I’m 61 and have no insurance and nobody gives a damn. Fortunately I never even get a cold.
It’s funny because of my high deductible I also avoid hospitals. Where’s my story.
AAhhh...... fear and lamentations....... success!
Exactly. Let’s make ILLEGALS as healthy and comfy as possible...and screw the REST of us!
Just identify as an illegal, apparently they will be chasing you down to sign you up for government programs.
Okay.
“St. John’s, which treats more immigrants who lack legal status than any clinic in the state, “
it used to be that medical centers lost money in treating illegals... now they practice forming human chain to protect them and do all they can to treat more of them. why not just set up shop south of the border then the customers won’t have to be so scared etc.
LOL. So that's the new PC term for illegal alien. What happened to "migrant"? That seems more PC than this.
“St. John’s, which treats more immigrants who lack legal status than any clinic in the state, “
Immigrants have nothing to worry about.
Illegal aliens are the ones who have broken into our country.
Good.
Last time I was in the ER, I waited for hours, behind mostly non-english speakers.
Y - O - U and M - E....
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