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Health Care and the Presidential Campaign:

George W. Bush's health care plan

John Kerry's health care plan

Disparities in Health Care:

Report Says Minorities Get Lower-Quality Health Care

Moral Implications of Widespread Pattern Noted

An Overview: Eliminating Racial, Ethnic, and SES Disparities in Health Care

Summer 2000, Volume 21, Number 4

Immigration and Health Care:

Hospitals Struggling to Accommodate Immigrant Influx

Health care and illegal immigrants - The Washington Times ...

Illegal Immigrants Stir Health Care Mess

Health care, without question

Note:

Are US hospitals obligated to provide health care to illegal immigrants?

"The American Hospital Association estimated that for 2000, the 24 southernmost counties from Texas to California accrued $832 million in unpaid medical care, a quarter of which was directly attributable to illegal immigrants". ( NYTimes 4/14/03 , page A-14 )