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The Prisoner of Room 516


The Prisoner of Room 516

by John Leland

An uninsured, undocumented immigrant spent 19 months at New York Downtown Hospital because no one claimed him. When he finally left, the price of his treatment was $1.4 million.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/02/nyregion/stuck-in-bed-for-19-months-at-hospitals-expense.html?emc=eta1

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