Healthcare Innovation August 15, 2025
“People are not picking up their medicine; they’re not seeing the doctor,” St. John’s Community Health clinics’ CEO says
Key Highlights
- Immigrant patients are avoiding in-person healthcare visits due to fears of immigration raids and enforcement actions.
- Clinics have increased virtual services to accommodate scared and undocumented patients.
- Legislative efforts are underway in California to restrict immigration agents’ access to healthcare and other sensitive locations.
- Healthcare disparities are worsening as immigrants resort to emergency rooms for care, risking higher costs and delayed treatment.
Patients’ fears of immigration raids lead them to miss doctors’ appointments, reported Christine Mai-Duc for KFF Health News on August 14. Some doctors had stopped offering telehealth visits after the COVID-19...
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