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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to restrict federal funding from Texas hospitals that refuse to "follow the law" after a Houston doctor asserted patients do not need to disclose their immigration status.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/healthcare/2024/12/02/507536/texas-childrens-hospital-comments-on-abbotts-funding-threat-over-new-immigration-status-question/

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On Nov. 1, Texas hospitals that accept Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Plan coverage started asking all patients about their immigration status and whether they are lawfully present in the United States.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/healthcare/2024/11/21/506701/texas-hospitals-are-now-required-to-ask-for-patients-citizenship-heres-what-you-should-know/

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Women who say they were denied timely treatment for emergency pregnancy conditions have filed federal complaints against two Texas hospitals.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/healthcare/2024/08/14/496566/two-women-file-federal-complaints-arguing-texas-hospitals-delayed-care-due-to-abortion-ban/

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A ransomware attack has prompted a health care chain that operates 30 hospitals in six states to divert patients from some of its emergency rooms to other hospitals while postponing certain elective procedures.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2023/11/30/471059/ransomware-attack-prompts-multistate-hospital-chain-to-divert-some-er-patients-elsewhere/

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