One of the largest fusses in the previous election was the amount of immigrants in the United States and how they needed to be sent back “home”.
Home, of course, being a relative word.
Case in point. Two prominent neurologists in Texas are facing immediate deportation due to a clerical error. These two provide specialized care for both adult and pediatric patients with injuries and syndromes which are causing them great pain and disability.
Doesn’t matter.
They must go and go now.
If you live in a rural area, one of the comments you will often hear is that the patient wishes that they could understand their doctors. This communication issue is not because of hearing, it’s because of non-native American doctors who are trying to communicate in a language which is not their first tongue. Many of the patients are older with some issues in hearing, but it’s the accents which cause the most problems.
Which brings me to this point. In rural areas, it is often doctors from other parts of the world who provide the treatment. If you don’t think so, just look at the staff listings of your local hospital and pay attention to how many have names quite uncommon to the area in which they serve.
Rural areas often have enough of a problem getting doctors. Making it difficult for doctors to come because of their country of birth or making them leave because they do not yet have the required citizenship leaves the rural areas at great disadvantage.
What part of the healthcare plan is this?
Brokenbindings2 