BioethxChat
Transcript 21 - April 21, 2014
Topic: Immigration & Healthcare Ethics
Guest Host: Mark Kuczewski (@Mkuczew),
Director of Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics
Past President of American Society for Bioethics & Humanities
Sneak Preview: topics for upcoming chat
T1a: Do HCPs have an ethical responsibility to treat all patients without regard to their legal documentation status? Why/why not? #bioethx
T1b: Undocumented Immigrants not eligible 2 pay for private insurance thru exchanges/marketplace. Does this pose ethical issue? #bioethx
T1c: Should undocumented immigrants be eligible for federal public benefits (Medicare, CHIP, Medicaid etc)? Why/why not? #bioethx
T2a: Should undocumented students (DREAMers) be eligible to apply for U.S. graduate health schools? #bioethx
T2b: What unique barriers might undocumented students face even once accepted into U.S. graduate HC programs? #bioethx
T3: Can medical repatriation of undocumented immigrants (returning pt to country of origin) be ethical? Under what conditions? #bioethx
T4: How does immigration policy as it pertains to health/healthcare relate to concepts of social justice and/or human rights? #bioethx
To Come:
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For more information on this subject, check out:
Access to Health Insurance and Healthcare
1. National Immigration Law Center (NILC), “Immigrants and the Affordable Care Act (ACA)”
Dreamers & the Medical Workforce
6. Pre-Health Dreamers Medical School FAQ
7. Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, “Dreamers of DACA Status Welcome.”
Medical Repatriation
11. REPORT: Hundreds Of Immigrants Are Being Deported From Their Hospital Beds
Other
12. HealthCare & Immigration: A Summary to Accompany BioethxChat Twitter Event (4/21/14)
13. Virtual Mentor: Medical Care for U.S. Immigrants
14. Immigration status is a health policy challenge
15. Health reform may expose immigrant status of millions
16. Neurology: Care of an undocumented immigrant