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   https://nypost.com/2024/12/01/us-news/texas-gov-greg-abbott-threatens-to-   
   defund-childrens-hospital-over-doctors-viral-tiktok/   
      
   Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened last week to revoke government funding   
   from a children’s hospital in response to a Houston doctor’s viral TikTok   
   advising patients to skip a citizenship question on intake forms.   
      
   Abbott issued an executive order in early August requiring hospitals that   
   take Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Plan to ask patients “Are you   
   a U.S. citizen?” on specific intake forms. The new order went into effect   
   on Nov. 1.   
      
   Dr. Tony Pastor, a cardiologist at Texas Children’s Hospital and assistant   
   professor at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, took to TikTok on Nov.   
   11 to let his audience know that he and other staff at the hospital were   
   told that people did not have to answer the new question, despite the   
   executive order.   
      
   His video went viral, garnering over one million views before it was taken   
   down.   
      
   “So my proposal to everyone who’s seeing this is, just know that you do   
   not have to answer this question,” Pastor said in the now-deleted video.   
      
   Abbott responded in an accusatory Nov. 24 X post, warning the hospital   
   that it could lose its funding because of Pastor’s comments.   
      
   “Hey Texas Children’s Hospital & Baylor College of Medicine this doctor is   
   putting your Medicaid & Medicare funding at risk. [You] better think twice   
   & have crystal clear records,” Abbott wrote.   
      
   “There will be consequences for failing to follow the law in the Order.”   
      
   Pastor posted a brief response to the governor’s apparent threats on Nov.   
   26.   
      
   “When the gov of Texas threatens you on twitter because he is mad you   
   exercised freedom of speech,” Pastor captioned a TikTok post.   
      
   “This new law that’s asking hospitals for immigration status is under the   
   guise of trying to get data on how much money we’re spending on   
   undocumented patients,” he said in another video posted just days before   
   Abbott’s response.   
      
   A representative for the Texas Children’s Hospital wrote in a statement   
   that they will be complying with Abbott’s executive order, and insisted   
   that Pastor’s stance does not reflect the entire hospital.   
      
   “Texas Children’s fully supports Governor Abbott’s new Executive Order and   
   is in full compliance. We have worked closely with the Texas Hospital   
   Association and our industry partners across the state to ensure   
   compliance in advance of the effective date,” the spokesperson wrote.   
      
   “While we recognize that individuals working at Texas Children’s hold   
   their own personal views on many topics, those opinions do not necessarily   
   reflect the official position of Texas Children’s Hospital. We will   
   continue to prioritize patient care while ensuring we are in full   
   compliance with all laws and legal directives.”   
      
   Meanwhile, other medical and advocacy groups across the state have been   
   doling out the same advice as Pastor.   
      
   “You do not have to answer the citizenship question if you don’t want to.   
   Your answer will not affect your care — you will not be turned away,” a   
   flyer posted by the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District reads.   
      
   “You have a right to life-saving care, regardless of citizenship or   
   immigration status.”   
      
   The American Civil Liberties Union has also chimed in and agrees that   
   patients aren’t legally required to respond to the new question.   
      
   Texas Children’s Hospital has previously complied with the state’s orders,   
   including halting hormone-related prescriptions for transgender kids in   
   2022 following Abbott’s instruction for Child Protective Services to   
   investigate parents and doctors granting transgender youth gender-   
   affirming care.   
      
      
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