Guest guest Posted October 23, 2002 Report Share Posted October 23, 2002 I am woundering If there is any funding from private non for migrant students in the process of recieving documentation or not persuing or not persuing a career in the health field?What should they do?de pregunta Norma --------------Original Message------------- From: Norma_2002@... Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 16:41:11 -0700 Subject: RE:[ ] uncompensated care >Iam really woundering about if there is any funding for immigrant students who are excelling in school and don't have legal documentation processed,they don't know how to go about that and fear going to apply at immigration?What are reccomended actions to take for them? Gracias Norma translator >--------------Original Message------------- >From: keith.bletzer@... > >Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 07:12:55 -0700 >Subject: [ ] uncompensated care > > >>Further comments to the discussion of uncompensated care by Tina, , >> and . >> >>Each contributor to this discussion hit the principal nails, and hit them >>firmly. The report on which most of the AMA article was based originally >>was completed for border counties of four states (interestingly, one of the >>quoted physicians in the AMA article was from Maricopa County [Phoenix] >>which is not a border county). First, the Border Counties Coalition report >>attributes no more than 23% of uncompensated emergency services cost to >>undocumented immigrants. Who is using the other 77%? Any group(s) in >>numbers? points that uncompensated care is not just a dilemma for >>border counties/states, and not just about immigrants. At a time when >>budgets are dismal, separating the vulnerable from the rest makes a remedy >>possible, at the expense of the vulnerable. >> >> and are correct about the relation between the uninsured and >>usage of emergency services. Arizona ranks among the nation's highest in >>number of uninsured. The uninsured often use emergency services. >>Interestingly, none of the border states were among those having difficulty >>using funds from the Children's Health Insurance Program ('s article >>provided by ). >> >>The Coalition report compares border counties with non-border counties from >>the same states. Hence, there is the second factor. Arizona and the three >>border states are part of the Sunbelt; they attract people from across the >>country from all income levels, low and high. Immigrants join internal >>migrants and the state's poor in making use of emergency health services. >>The researcher in me wants to know if there are patterns in the >>uncompensated care. Are certain categories experiencing repeated use of >>emergency services? (Eg, single parents with pre-school children, >>particular age groups) Are certain time periods more represented? (Eg, >>weekends, late afternoon, Mondays) Are certain problems over-represented? >>(Eg, lacerations, poisoning, gastrointestinal complaints, or flu symptoms) >> >>Good discussion, overall. Thanks. >> >> V. Bletzer >> >> >> >>To Post a message, send it to: Groups >> >>To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: -unsubscribe >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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