Federal Funding for Unauthorized Aliens' Emergency Medical Expenses

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Expenditures, Public.

Health facilities.

Medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] [publisher not identified] 2004

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:

CRS Report

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

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Other Format:

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

Publisher Number:

CRS-2004-DSP-0414

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license