Dr. Christine Eady MannVerified account

I join the American Academy of Pediatrics in speaking out against today’s Supreme Court ruling that will lead to immigrant families missing opportunities for critical healthcare needs. Beyond the human toll, the fiscal toll will be real.

Lack of medical insurance coverage causes the State of Texas approximately $67 billion per year, and is a drag on our economy. Texans end up paying for healthcare for the uninsured in the least cost-effective way, when critically ill people show up at the Emergency Room.

This is short-sighted and cruel. AAP Statement Responding to Supreme Court Ruling on Public Charge by: Sally Goza, MD, FAAP, President, American Academy of Pediatrics "Today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling to allow the Trump administration's harmful public charge rule to go into

effect will have serious, long-term consequences for the health of immigrant children and families. The public charge rule has been sowing fear and confusion since it was first drafted three years ago, and today’s decision transforms that fear into reality for immigrant families.

Make no mistake; as a result of this ruling, children will miss out on critical health, housing and nutrition services and children in our country will suffer. "Pediatricians have witnessed the chilling effects of the public charge rule in our own patients, with families