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         Recently, Luis Jimenez, an undocumented and uninsured immigrant, sustained traumatic braininjuries in a car accident with an intoxicated Floridian driver. After the accident, he was hospitalized atMartin Memorial Medical Center, a private community hospital in Florida. Because Jimenez, whoremained incapacitated, required ongoing care but lacked medical insurance, Martin Memorial was unableto find a rehabilitation facility willing to accept him. Instead, Jimenez remained as a ward of the hospitalfor several years at a cost exceeding $1.5 million. Of this $1.5 million, Martin Memorial collected only$80,000 from Medicaid for the emergency services rendered to Jimenez; the hospital absorbed theremaining costs associated with his care. Faced with both Jimenez’s continuing medical needs and thefinancial costs borne of this care, Martin Memorial secured a state court order to authorize the hospital totransport Jimenez to a medical facility in Guatemala, his country of origin. Acting under this court order,which was later deemed invalid on appeal, the hospital leased an air ambulance at its expense and forciblytransported Jimenez back to Guatemala.
          Martin Memorial’s actions in returning Jimenez to his country of origin do not represent an isolatedincident. Instead, through a practice known as medical repatriation, some hospitals return indigentimmigrant patients who are ineligible for long-term Medicaid to their countries of origin to reduce the  financial burdens associated with their uncompensated care. Indeed, international medical repatriationshave emerged as a creative response to the financial conundrum imposed upon hospitals by virtue ofimmigration and health care policies. Collectively, these policies restrict immigrants’ access to long-termMedicaid, obligate certain hospitals to render emergency medical services without regard for the patient’sability to pay, and require hospitals to secure appropriate follow-up care for patients in accordance withfederal discharge regulations. While hospitals may recoup some costs through Emergency Medicaid--which covers the treatment of emergency medical conditions without regard for immigration status--thescope of Emergency Medicaid, as demonstrated in Jimenez’s case, may not fully compensate hospitals forthe treatment of uninsured, indigent patients. Consequently, medical repatriations provide an alternativemethod of cost reduction.
【題組】26 What is the passage mainly about?
(A) International medical repatriations.
(B) Emergency Medicaid compensations.
(C) Medical care for uninsured immigrants.
(D) Human rights violations by hospitals.

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Karen】評論

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烤生】評論

這是一篇華盛頓大學法律系所的文章,文章標題為Return to Sender: Evaluating the medical restrictions of uninsured immigrants. 探討醫療遣返的問題,有興趣的人可以google搜尋第一段大意2000年時,Jimenez(小J)是一位沒有醫療保險的海外移民,遭到一位酒駕的佛羅里達司機撞擊,導致腦損傷。事故發生後,先送至佛羅里達的Martin Memorial Medical Center(M醫院)治療,由於整個治療過程需要持續的復健,需要轉至其他復健機構,但由於小J沒有保險,根本沒有復健機構要收留他,所以小J持續留在M醫院,這段時間總共花費高達150萬美元,而M醫院僅從Medicaid(聯邦醫療補助)申請到小J當時的急救費用,8萬美元。面對這個爛帳,小M醫院申請獲得了州...

luby19951011】評論

unbidden未經指使的 自願的uninsured 未投保的uninsured immigrants 沒有醫療保險的海外移民International medical repatriations. 國際醫療遣返。