FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Please attribute statement to:
Beth Feldpush, DrPH
Senior Vice President of Policy and Advocacy
America’s Essential Hospitals
WASHINGTON—We emphatically applaud the U.S. District Court’s decision today to halt enforcement of the administration’s damaging expansion of the public charge definition.
The public charge rule puts the health of millions of people at risk by making it more likely they forgo care to avoid putting their legal immigration status at risk. It also threatens to destabilize hospitals for the vulnerable by adding new uncompensated care costs to already thin margins.
We thank the court for its ruling and reaffirm our call for a reversal of this shortsighted policy, which deepens the chilling effect on access to health care and other vital services legal immigrants need for themselves and their families.
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About America’s Essential Hospitals
America’s Essential Hospitals is the leading champion for hospitals and health systems dedicated to high-quality care for all, including the most vulnerable. We support our more than 300 members with advocacy, policy development, research, and education. Communities depend on essential hospitals to provide specialized, lifesaving services; train the health care workforce; advance public health and health equity; and coordinate care. Essential hospitals innovate and adapt to lead the way to more effective and efficient care. Learn more at essentialhospitals.org.
Contact:
Carl Graziano
cgraziano@essentialhospitals.org
202.585.0102
