[lit-ideas] Re: Immigration
- From: Robert Paul <robert.paul@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 23:12:32 -0800
Carol wrote:
Like teachers and their
students in public schools, doctors treating Medicare/Medicaid patients do
not know people's legal status, unless that person tells them directly. (In
California and Texas, I know, it's actually illegal for teachers to ask
where students come from, no matter how innocent the query. So much for that
moment of educational enrichment.)
I'm not sure how this gets us any farther forward. Of course doctors
don't ask; but when it comes to billing (a task reserved for the lower
orders) a clinic or hospital or private physician's office could not
bill Medicare for treating someone not covered by it.
Robert Paul
Reed College
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