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US hospitals send hundreds of immigrant patients back to home countries to curb cost of care

April 24, 2013

A troubling article in the Washington Post about the unfortunate intersection between health care, hospitals who are a last resort for care, and immigration. Without permission from any federal agency, hospitals have shipped hundreds of patients who are illegal immigrants back to their own countries in order to cut costs.

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