Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) last week threatened to pull state funding from a local hospital after one of its doctors encouraged a patient to defy an executive order on civil rights.
Dr. Tony Pastor, a cardiologist at Texas Children's Hospital and assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, posted the video on TikTok on November 11th, which was viewed more than 1 million times before being published. deleted.
“There will be results.”
In the video, the pastor told his followers that he and his colleagues at the hospital were informed that patients could skip a question on a patient's citizenship history form.
The pastor said, “So my suggestion to everyone watching this is, please know that you don't have to answer this question.”
abbot answered In response to the pastor's statement on November 24th, the doctor said, [its] Medicaid and Medicare funding is at stake. ”
”[You] It is better to think carefully and create a clear record. There will be consequences for disobeying the laws of the Order,” Abbott wrote.
The pastor posted additional videos on TikTok addressing the governor's response.
he captioned one of them videowrote, “When the governor of Texas threatens you on Twitter because he's angry, you're exercising your right to free speech.”
The pastor said in another article: video“This new law requiring hospitals to have immigration status is done in the name of trying to get data on how much money they are spending on undocumented patients.”
“The reason I have a problem with that is, if Texas is really serious about patients and spending and both, why is Texas one of the 10 states not to accept Medicaid expansion? ”The pastor continued.
Texas Children's Hospital said it will cooperate with Abbott's executive order.
“Texas Children's Fully Supports Governor Abbott's new executive order and is in full compliance.” said. “We have worked closely with the Texas Hospital Association and our industry partners across the state to ensure compliance prior to the effective date.”
The hospital's statement continued: “While we recognize that those who work at Texas Children's Hospital have personal views on many topics, those opinions do not necessarily reflect the official position of Texas Children's Hospital. “We will continue to prioritize patient care,” he said. Fully comply with all laws and legal directives. ”
The governor's executive order went into effect Nov. 1 and requires hospitals that accept Medicaid or children's health insurance plans to add, “Are you a U.S. citizen?” To ingest form.
Abbott, who issued the order in August, said the current administration's open borders policy would allow Texas taxpayers to track how much they are spending on care for illegal aliens.
“President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris' open borders policy means that Texas will have to pay for the medical costs of undocumented immigrants,” Abbott said. said. “Texans should not have to bear the burden of financially supporting the health care of illegal immigrants.”
“Texas will hold the Biden-Harris Administration accountable for the consequences of its open border policies, and we will fight to ensure they pay Texas back for their costly and dangerous policies.”
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