Federal Funding for Unauthorized Aliens' Emergency Medical Expenses.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine.

Expenditures, Public.

Health facilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (17 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2004.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Provides overview of noncitizen eligibility for emergency Medicaid benefits. Reviews funding for emergency services prior to P.L. 108-173, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003; and summarizes the estimated emergency health service costs incurred by States for unauthorized aliens. Examines provisions for the reimbursement of certain emergency medical expenses and ambulance services; describes the disproportionate share hospital payment required under Medicaid; and reviews legislation introduced and enacted in the 107th and 108th Congresses.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Nov. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Federal Funding for Unauthorized Aliens' Emergency Medical Expenses

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.