An undercurrent in all debates about allocation of health care resources to the poor is the matter of access to and coverage of health care for immigrants, particularly low-income and undocumented ones.
New Internal Revenue Service rules that ostensibly limit harsh hospital billing practices provide inadequate protection for many patients by excluding for-profit hospitals and allowing hospitals to determine eligibility for financial assistance.
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