A Phoenix woman is fighting to get health care for her husband, an undocumented immigrant who was in the process of obtaining legal status before he suffered brain damage while playing soccer.
Evelyn Saenz-Cornelio, 23, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that her husband, Jesus Armando Cornelio of Mexico, collapsed Sept. 19 while playing soccer at a park with his 13-year-old brother.
Saenz-Cornelio, who was born in Mexico but was raised in Phoenix and is now a U.S. citizen, said that doctors at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center told her that her husband's brain was without oxygen for about 13 minutes after he collapsed, causing severe brain damage.
She said Cornelio, a 23-year-old construction worker, had obtained an employment authorization card and a Social Security card from the U.S. government and had an appointment this week for a final interview to get a permanent resident card.
She said the hospital told her Friday that Cornelio's health care bill was at $120,000 so far and that Arizona's Medicaid program wouldn't cover his health care costs, telling her that she would either have to take him to Mexico for treatment or put him in hospice care, which could mean death.
But Saenz-Cornelio said the hospital gave her husband a one-week extension Tuesday. After that, she said she isn't sure what she's going to do. Where the wife is a citizen, this is a tough one. One thing for sure is he will need extensive care from now on. I know here in Utah a lot of people set up accounts at Banks and Credit Unions for donations. We even had a Illegal imigrant who under the influence of alcohol (He was smashed) hit another car head on and killed himself and the other driver.
His wife who also was iilegal set up an account at a local Bank and was able to pay for his funeral. (He had no insurance). But as far as this case above, I don't know, what do you think.
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