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Opinion: Sharing the immigration status of Medicaid patients betrays Hippocratic oath

AS A PHYSICIAN, I never imagined that Medicaid — our nation’s cornerstone public health insurance program — could turn into a tool for immigration enforcement. But this month that’s precisely what happened. That should alarm every American who believes in the sanctity of health care privacy, the protection of the vulnerable, and the Hippocratic oath doctors swear […]

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