10 月 1 日起亚利桑那数千合法移民失去医疗补助，凤凰城难民诊所首当其冲
10 月 1 日起，亚利桑那州数以千计的合法移民失去了州医疗补助（Medicaid，州内称 AHCCCS）的覆盖资格，其中不少人是近年抵美、尚在等待绿卡的难民家庭。位于凤凰城的马里科帕县公立医疗系统 Valleywise Health 难民诊所约有 1,400 名患者，诊所工作人员表示，许多患者来自布隆迪、卢旺达和刚果民主共和国，不少家庭有 12 至 16 口人，自 2022 年以来陆续抵达亚利桑那，至今尚未拿到绿卡，如今却要失去医保。
诊所项目负责人坦言，失去医保对部分重病患者而言可能意味着无法持续治疗，团队近来几乎夜不能寐。亚利桑那医院与医疗保健协会会长兼首席执行官安-玛丽·阿拉梅丁（Ann-Marie Alameddin）警告，覆盖缺口会把更多病人推向急诊室：没有保险的人往往拖到病情危急才就医，这将使急诊量上升，"影响每一个到医院看病的人"，是安全网的又一次磨损。
Valleywise 方面表示，会继续为有需要的患者提供诊疗，并正协助受影响客户了解变化与替代选项。医疗界人士提醒，失去 Medicaid 不等于失去所有就医渠道：社区健康中心、县级公立医院系统和部分慈善诊所仍可按收入收费提供服务。身在凤凰城及亚利桑那各地的华人移民家庭，若家中有受此次资格调整影响的成员，应及早向 AHCCCS 或当地社区诊所查询衔接方案，避免治疗中断。
资料来源：The Arizona Republic（azcentral.com）10 月 1 日报道。
Thousands of Legal Immigrants in Arizona Lose Medicaid on Oct. 1; Phoenix Refugee Clinic Braces for Impact
Thousands of legal immigrants in Arizona lost Medicaid coverage on October 1, 2026, a change hitting refugee families who arrived legally in recent years and are still awaiting green cards. At Valleywise Health, Maricopa County's public health system in Phoenix, a clinic serving refugees counts about 1,400 patients; program officials say many are from Burundi, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, in households of 12 to 16 people who have been in Arizona since 2022 without yet receiving green cards.
Ann-Marie Alameddin, president and CEO of the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association, warned the losses put hospital emergency rooms at risk of higher patient volumes, as uninsured patients tend to delay care until conditions become critical — "a fraying of the safety net." Valleywise says it will continue to provide care to those who need it and is working with affected patients, while community health centers and safety-net clinics remain options for those losing coverage.
Source: The Arizona Republic (azcentral.com), October 1, 2026.
图片来源：图：凤凰城Valleywise Health医疗中心大楼。摄影：Kevinjonah Paguio（Cronkite News），CC BY-SA 3.0，来源：Wikimedia Commons
