Title: Where Can Undocumented Immigrants Go for Health Care? | Wellness | US News
Headings: Where Can Undocumented Immigrants Go for Health Care?
Where Can Undocumented Immigrants Go for Health Care?
Where Can Undocumented Immigrants Go for Health Care?
Where can undocumented immigrants go for health care?
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Content: When they are serving such a patient, the clinic’s doctors call the service, and a translator helps the physicians and patient communicate. There are about 1,200 free clinics nationwide, according to the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics. 3. Hospital emergency rooms. Under federal law, hospitals that receive federal funding – and most do – are required to care for patients who need emergency care, regardless of their immigration status or whether they are insured, Ehlke says. Hospital officials must provide care until the patient is stabilized, but not beyond that point. Hospitals also must develop a release plan for such patients. For some undocumented patients, community and free clinics provide the only care available to battle a deadly disease. For example, Morena, a Salvadoran trans-woman, fled her native El Salvador in 2014 after gang members beat her twice to extort money from her and threatened her life. She arrived in the District of Columbia that year without documentation and began getting services at Whitman-Walker Health, a community health clinic in the city.