Thread: Federal Gov’t Provides FREE Health Care for Illegal Alien Farm Workers

Federal Gov’t Provides FREE Health Care for Illegal Alien Farm Workers

by Stephen Frank on 06/07/2012

Did you know the Federal government pays for health care clinics, 156 for them, for “migrant workers”. Migrant Workers is the buzz word for illegal aliens…we are openly providing free health care for criminals from foreign nations.

“Supporters of the nation’s 156 migrant clinics, which are typically part of community health centers, say caring for all farmworkers helps protect them as well as the public — and is a humane way to treat three million people toiling at the heart of the nation’s food supply. About half of those are illegal immigrants, according to the latest federal survey of agricultural workers conducted in 2009.

“Migrant health centers continue to help ensure the safety of the nation’s food supply by keeping those who harvest it healthy,” Jim Macrae, associate administrator of the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration said in a statement.
Lucero Sitz, an AIDS outreach worker, accompanies clinic staff on a recent visit to Aplin Farms where farmworkers were picking peaches. She talks to workers on their breaks about preventing sexually transmitted diseases, and performs HIV swab tests”

Shame on us—arrest and deport criminals—don’t make them comfortable.

Federal Gov

How many of our citizens can afford health coverage? This is an outrage!

USDA Farmworker Facts, Migrant & Community Health Centers and Migrant Head Start
Quick Facts

Developed for MCHB Webcast: MEDICAID PORTABILITY: Eliminating gaps in health care, optimizing oral
health, for migrant children and their families March 18, 2009

Quick Farmworker Facts
• There are approximately 3-5 million farmworkers in the U.S.
• In 2000, the median annual income for farmworker families stood at $6250, one seventh the
median annual income for all families.
• Majority of farmworkers are Mexican, Spanish-speaking, foreign-born, and have an average age of
close to 30 years old
• Half of farmworkers in the U.S. are “migrant”
• Approximately 250,000 children migrate with their parents each year
• Note that the Department of Education (Migrant Ed), Health and Human Services (Migrant Health,
Migrant and Seasonal Head Start), and Department of Labor have slightly different definitions of
activities that qualify as “farm work”

Farmworker Health Background/Overview
• Few farmworkers able to take advantage of Medicaid and other benefits (constant
movement/migration prevents enrollment in State-administered public health insurance programs)
• More than 90% of migrant and seasonal farmworker children are without any health insurance
coverage (compared with 22% of children nationwide)
• Cost and time are most common barriers to receiving proper oral health services
• Migrant and seasonal farmworkers experience dental decay and periodontal disease twice as often
as the general population
• Farmworker children’s exposure to pesticides, infectious disease, sub-standard living make them
susceptible to poor health and malnutrition
• Studies have shown that migrant school children have significantly higher rates of decay and lower
rates of treatment compared to the general U.S. school population.

Migrant and Community Health Centers
(also known as “Federally Qualified Health Centers,” (FQHC) or M/CHC)
• Approximately 154 Migrant/Community Health Centers nationwide
• Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers and dependents are also seen in Community Health Centers
without a Migrant Health Center designation
• Provide care to underserved populations
• Approximately 35% of M/CHC patients have Medicaid
• Approximately 35-40% are uninsured
• Farmworker” criteria for migrant health: principle employment (at least 51% of the time) is in
agriculture on a seasonal basis within the past 24 months (and, for migrant farmworker, establishes
a “temporary abode” for work purposes)
• Served just over 750,000 migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families in 2006
(approximately 20-25% of total farmworkers)
• M/CHCs provide “culturally appropriate” care
• Offer a range of services (sometimes have oral health, sometimes do not)
• Have outreach programs and often do outreach to farmworkers
• Some have formal/informal agreements with Migrant and Seasonal Head Start and/or Migrant
Education


Farmworker Facts, Migrant & Community Health Centers and Migrant Head Start
Quick Facts

Developed for MCHB Webcast: MEDICAID PORTABILITY: Eliminating gaps in health care, optimizing oral
health, for migrant children and their families March 18, 2009

Migrant and Seasonal Head Start (MSHS)
• There are 26 grantees the operate 475 centers in a total of 38 states
• MSHS grantees provide free services to approximately 36,000 children
• Approximately 97 percent of families are migrant
• Eligibility Criteria:
– Income: Falls within poverty guidelines (100–130 percent Federal poverty guidelines) and 50
percent of annual family income must come from agricultural work
– Farmworker status: Must work with field crops
• Migrant farmworkers: move within 2 years
• Seasonal farmworkers: have stayed to work in the same location for more than 2
years
– Age: MSHS serves children from birth until mandatory school age


How to Find a Migrant/Community Health Center
• Migrant and Community Health Center list http://ask.hrsa.gov/pc/
• The Clinicians Migrant Health Directory: order at Migrant Clinicians Network 512-327-2017 or
Home | Migrant Clinicians Network
• Migrant Health Referral Directory: Order it by calling National Center for Farmworker Health, Inc.
at 1-800-531-5120 or National Center for Farmworker Health

http://webcast.hrsa.gov/archives/mch...09/handout.pdf

More than 90% of migrant and seasonal farmworker children are without any health insurance
coverage (compared with 22% of children nationwide)

So 22% of children nationwide have dental insurance. But 36,000 children of illegals are receiving dental care paid for by people that can't afford it for their own children - strapped US taxpayers. What is wrong with this picture?

MSHS grantees provide free services to approximately 36,000 children
• Approximately 97 percent of families are migrant

Yep and don't forget those free breakfasts and lunches and ESL classes! All on us....
Thats enough to get my hair up!

“Migrant health centers continue to help ensure the safety of the nation’s food supply by keeping those who harvest it healthy,” Jim Macrae, associate administrator of the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration said in a statement.

Sounds like a "likely" excuse to me! They should be screened for health issues before they even come here like our ancestors did on Ellis Island! Guess that's hard to do when millions of them are aloud to just walk over our wide open border tho!

Originally Posted by cavmom

Yep and don't forget those free breakfasts and lunches and ESL classes! All on us....
Thats enough to get my hair up!

Gets mine up too. Don't forget the in state tuition when they are older too.