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Residence Rules And Migratory Workers

Author: Greenfield, Margaret
Date Published: 1964


Report discusses how residency requirements hinder the medical care of migrant workers except in the case of a medical emergency. Argues that residency requirements are used to keep people out of county hospitals and to cut down on costs, and that the state (not the counties) should take responsibilities for medically indigent persons whose county residence is not established.

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Number of Pages: 11