Hospitals seek help with costs of caring for illegal immigrants

Jun 9 2011
Modern Healthcare: AHA Urges Obama To Consider Costs Of Treating Illegal Immigrants
The American Hospital Association is urging President Barack Obama to consider the costs hospitals incur for treating illegal immigrants—and to include provisions in his legislative recommendations to Congress that would sufficiently reimburse them for doing so (Zigmond, 6/9).

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