American Hospitals Deporting Unconscious Patients by David Pitt. Salon. April 23, 2013.
The article discusses the problem facing some American hospitals serving individuals in the country without legal documentation and with no access to government programs such as Medicaid. Some of these hospitals have opted for the solution of medical repatriation, flying the patient back to the patient's country of origin. The article discusses the financial, legal, civil rights, and human dimensions of this practice.
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