Abstract
Illegal immigration is on the rise and Congress has restricted access to health coverage for legal immigrants. Those factors combine to create a large pool of uninsured patients, and hospitals once again are left to foot the bill--to the tune of millions of dollars a year. And the problem is no longer restricted to border states and big cities.
MeSH terms
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Economics, Hospital / trends*
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Eligibility Determination
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Emigration and Immigration / legislation & jurisprudence*
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Emigration and Immigration / trends
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Ethics, Institutional
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Humans
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Medicaid / legislation & jurisprudence
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Medically Uninsured
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Patient Transfer / legislation & jurisprudence
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Uncompensated Care / trends*
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United States / epidemiology