immigrant care

Since the law went into effect, Florida's migrant workers are fearful of going to the hospital. Health care workers say that affects us all.

Some worry the measure could lead many people to avoid care. The bill requires hospitals that accept Medicaid to ask patients about immigration status and inform them that personal information won't be reported to immigration authorities.

A study was recently published by an associate professor of social work at Florida Gulf Coast University , and it looks at how the people living in...

An appeals court has sided with the state in a long-running dispute about Medicaid payments to hospitals that provide emergency care to undocumented…