title: No easy answers.
abstract: Illegal immigration is on the rise and Congress has restricted access to health coverage for legal immigrants. Those factors combine to create a large pool of uninsured patients, and hospitals once again are left to foot the bill--to the tune of millions of dollars a year. And the problem is no longer restricted to border states and big cities.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Bilchik
mesh_terms: D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D004608:Eligibility Determination; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000639:trends; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017057:Medically Uninsured; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017664:Uncompensated Care / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology