Decisions about where and to whose professional stewardship patients are admitted are influenced by federal policies of which physicians might not be aware.
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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.