Undocumented Immigrants' Childbirth Is Top Emergency Medicaid Expense

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But without Emergency Medicaid, many medical institutions and poor people would be lost.

"We're very happy that Emergency Medicaid covers women, especially the ones who have childbirth, or we wouldn't have funding. We would be destitute," said Dr. Leo B. Twiggs, chairman of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and clinical service chief at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Jackson is the safety-net hospital for Florida's Miami/Dade county and serves many undocumented immigrants who give birth.

"It's the right thing to do," Twiggs said.

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Learn more about immigrant health-care options at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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