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What is your opinion of Medical Repatriation?

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Personally I would be grateful if I was visiting Mexico, Canada or any other country and became injured and was flown back to Houston at the expense of the country I was visiting.

Free medical care when I am injured and free trip home would be very much appreciated.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/us-hospitals-send-hundreds-of-immigrant-patients-back-to-home-countries-to-curb-cost-of-care/2013/04/23/8cce5224-abe4-11e2-9493-2ff3bf26c4b4_story.html

Do you agree with Medical Repatriation or should anyone injured in the US automatically have free medical care and rehabilitation until they feel they are totally recovered?

 
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I read that article on yahoo earlier today, the hospital actually done the right thing. In California the costs passed on to paying customers created by those that cannot pay are staggering along with causing people to wait for 8 hours or more for "emergency room" treatment.

I applaud the hospital for taking a stand.  

 
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does this conflict with the Reagan Health Care Mandate?
 
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IT was the right thing to do and it should be done all the time.  We can't pay for these people.  We can't afford to.   I was reading the article yesterday on Yahoo and they quoted the Mexican guy as saying something like "obviously they hate Mexicans and just wanted me to die."  Really? 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by dl36:

does this conflict with the Reagan Health Care Mandate?


No...

The Reagan Health Care Mandate...
In 1986, Congress passed the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, which contained the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA). The law requires hospitals to treat patients in need of emergency care regardless of their ability to pay, citizenship, or even legal status. It applies to any hospital that takes Medicare funds, which is virtually every hospital in the country.

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Hospitals are legally mandated to care for all patients who need emergency treatment, regardless of citizenship status or ability to pay. But once a patient is stabilized, that funding ceases, along with the requirement to provide care. Many immigrant workers without citizenship are ineligible for Medicaid, the government’s insurance program for the poor and elderly.

The article is an excellent read.

No one is being denied emergency medical care.

No conflict.

 
 
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a lot of california hospitals are borderline lawsuit Territory.
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