In the profit driven medical industry it is common for hospitals and nursing homes to dump patients out on the street the moment their insurance runs out and the patient can no longer afford treatment. Many times these patients who are in desperate need of care are wheeled out by staff, dumped off of a wheel chair or stretcher, and left out alone in the cold to die. This is problem is widespread across the United States with stories in every major city. In Baltimore a sedated patient suffering from mental illness was dumped at a bus stop while barefoot and wearing nothing but a paper thin hospital gown in freezing temperatures. In Chicago, Michelle Obama and David Axelrod systematically instituted a patient dumping program system at the University of Chicago Hospital with a carefully crafted PR campaign that enabled them to net a corporate profit while also receiving millions of dollars tax payer subsidies. Los Angeles hospitals had a long standing practice of dumping patients of on Skid Row. The state of Nevada egregiously put thousands of sedated patients on buses and shipped them out of state on a one-way ticket in what became known as “Greyhound Therapy”.
~ Accusations of Patient Dumping – YouTube
- ~ Hospitals in Nearly Every State Violate Federal Patient Dumping Law, Study Shows – Public Citizen
- ~ Patient dumping a symptom of health system woes – Healthcare Dive
- ~ ‘Patient Dumping’ Still a Problem Despite Federal Law – US News
- ~ Patient Dumping- Violations Cost Hospitals Thousands of Dollars Per Year – International Business Times
- ~ Senate passes bill to address ‘patient dumping’ – The Business Journal
- ~ Throwing A Lifeline To Poor Patients ‘Dumped’ By Health Care Providers – Arizona Daily Independent
- ~ Why patients still need protection against hospitals dumping them – Crain’s Chicago Business
- ~ 12 Hospital Settlements Involving Patient Dumping in 2013 – Becker’s Hospital Review
- ~ Hospitals in Nearly Every State Violate Federal Patient Dumping Law, Study Shows – Public Citizen
- ~ It’s not like -ER–The scandal of patient dumping in US hospitals – World Socialist Web Site
- ~ Patient dumping a symptom of health system woes – Healthcare Dive
- ~ Patient Dumping Has Dangerous Results – Patient Safety Blog
- ~ ‘Patient Dumping,’ Medical Care Denials Persist Despite Legislation – MintPress News
Baltimore, Maryland
~ ABANDONED PATIENT- Family of woman left outside of Baltimore hospital speaks out – YouTube
~ Baltimore Hospital Cited Over Woman Left In Cold In Hospital Gown – YouTube
~ Dumped Patient’s Lawyer: The Hospital ‘Left My Client To Die’ – YouTube
~ Man who filmed viral video of discharged patient in hospital gown speaks out – YouTube
~ ‘Patient dumping’ outside hospitals caught on tape – CBS News – VIDEO
~ Video Shows Baltimore Hospital’s ‘Patient Dumping’ – NBC Nightly News – YouTube
- ~ Baltimore Hospital Cited Over Woman Left In Cold In Hospital Gown – CBS Baltimore
- ~ Baltimore Hospital Patient Discharged at Bus Stop, Stumbling and Cold – The New York Times
- ~ Documents- Reports by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on patient dumping case at University of Maryland Medical Center- Baltimore Sun
- ~ Dumped Patient’s Lawyer: The Hospital ‘Left My Client To Die’ – CBS Baltimore
- ~ Family of woman found outside Baltimore hospital in just a gown speaks out – Baltimore Sun
- ~ Federal Regulator Cites Baltimore Hospital After Patient Left At Bus Stop In Gown – NPR
- ~ Federal regulators say University of Maryland hospital violated rules in patient dumping case – Baltimore Sun
- ~ He saw a dazed woman put out in the cold by a Baltimore hospital. He started filming. – The Washington Post
- ~ Hospital Dumps Patient in Cold Wearing Only a Gown – Newsmax.com
- ~ Hospital staff dumped a mentally ill patient in freezing weather wearing only a hospital gown – Salon.com
- ~ Investigation Into Hospital Follows Video Of Vulnerable Woman – Baltimore, MD Patch
- ~ Man captures video of “patient dumping” outside Baltimore hospital – CBS News
- ~ Man who aided disoriented patient says “she’s doing a lot better” – CBS News
- ~ Maryland Passed Legislation To Prevent Patient Dumping – Baltimore, MD Patch
- ~ Mother calls hospital “callous and heartless” for leaving her daughter in the cold – CBS News
- ~ Mother of Patient Left in Cold Says She Was Denied Care – Maryland News – US News
- ~ She was tossed from a Baltimore hospital on a cold night. The viral video followed years of struggles. – The Washington Post
- ~ She was tossed from a hospital on a cold night wearing only a gown. The viral video followed years of struggles. – Chicago Tribune
- ~ Shocking video shows hospital security guards wheeling a disoriented patient out onto the street in just her gown and dumping her alone at a bus stop in the freezing cold – Daily Mail Online
- ~ University of Maryland hospital apologizes for its failure to discharged patient found on street in hospital gown – Baltimore Sun
- ~ Why Was A Baltimore Patient Discharged At A Bus Stop In Just A Gown? – The Two-Way – NPR
- ~ What is patient dumping? Incident with woman at Baltimore hospital is hardly new – Baltimore Sun
- ~ CMS authorizes federal investigation of Baltimore hospital for patient dumping – Becker’s Hospital Review
- ~ Hospital Staff Dumped a Mentally Ill Patient Out In Freezing Weather Wearing Only a Hospital Gown – Alternet.org
- ~ Patient Dumping – Maryland Medicaid Fraud – Fraud of the Day
- ~ Video: Baltimore Hospital Caught -Patient Dumping- In 30 Degree Weather – Citizen Truth
Chicago, Illinois
~ 2 Investigators: Patient ‘Dumping’ – YouTube
~ Michelle Obama’s Patient Dumping Plan – YouTube
- ~ 2 Investigators: Patients Being ‘Dumped’ At Homeless Shelters – CBS Chicago
- ~ Are hospitals passing off their low-profit patients? – Chicago Tribune
- ~ Bobby Rush Takes on “Patient Dumping” – NBC Chicago
- ~ Initiative to divert patients called ‘dangerously close’ to breaking law – Chicago Tribune
- ~ Michelle Obama, David Axelrod and the University of Chicago Medical School – Washington Post Investigations
- ~ Obama Camp Has Many Ties to Wife’s Employer – Washington Post
- ~ Obamacare’s patient-dumping, privacy-meddling scheme – Washington Examiner
- ~ Program Linked to First Lady Michelle Obama Accused of Patient ‘Dumping’ – Fox News
- ~ Rush wants investigation of program Michelle helped start – POLITICO
- ~ UC Layoffs Prompt Protest – ABC7 Chicago
- ~ U. of C. shunning poor patients? – CHICAGO SUN-TIMES – Archive.org
- ~ University of Chicago hospital policy boosts profits as it trims ER traffic – Crain’s Chicago Business
- ~ ‘Legal patient dumping’ at local hospitals – Ill and Uninsured in Illinois
- ~ Michelle Obama’s Hospital Turns Away Poor Black Patients – The Lid
- ~ Michelle Obama’s Patient-Dumping Scheme – Michelle Malkin Archive – The Unz Review
- ~ Obamacare’s Patient-Dumping, Privacy-Meddling Scheme – National Review
- ~ The Obamacare Horror Story You Won’t Hear by Michelle Malkin – Town Hall
- ~ UCMC’s Patient Dumping, Michelle Obama and Valerie Jarrett – CHICAGO NEWS BENCH
- ~ Video: Did Michelle Obama start a patient-dumping program? – Hot Air
Los Angeles, California
~ Antelope Valley Hospital patient dumping with AV WATCHMEN and UM NO THANKS – YouTube
~ Antelope Valley HOSPITAL DUMPS PATIENT IN PARKING LOT – YouTube
~ Diabetic patient dumped at LA homeless shelter – ABC7 – YouTube
~ ‘I didn’t know where I was going.’ Carmichael man’s ‘scary’ experience after release from Woodland hospital – VIDEO
~ LA Patient Dumping – YouTube
~ LA Sheriff’s Dropping Off Man with Outstanding Warrant in LA City – YouTube
- ~ Are LA hospitals really dumping homeless patients on the streets? – The Guardian
- ~ California nursing home accused of dumping patient at homeless shelter – CBS News
- ~ City Lawsuit Accuses Nursing Facility of ‘Patient Dumping’ During Pandemic – NBC Los Angeles
- ~ City says L.A. nursing home accused of ‘cover-up’ dumped elderly residents to take in more expensive COVID-19 patients – Los Angeles Daily News
- ~ Diabetic, wheelchair-bound patient dumped at DTLA homeless shelter – ABC7 Los Angeles
- ~ Dumped On Skid Row – CBS News
- ~ Hospital accused of dumping mentally ill woman on Los Angeles’ Skid Row – Daily News
- ~ Hospital Charged With Dumping Homeless Patient – The New York Times
- ~ Hospital Dumped Patients on Skid Row, Police Say – NPR
- ~ Hospital Accused Of ‘Dumping’ Homeless – CBS News
- ~ Hospital accused of dumping patient in L.A.’s skid row to pay $500,000 – Los Angeles Times
- ~ Hospitals Accused of Dumping Patients to Pay $1.2M – NBC Los Angeles
- ~ ‘It was a scary thing.’ Hospital dumps senior at homeless shelter. He’s not the first – The Sacramento Bee
- ~ Kaiser accepts settlement to end dumping of homeless patients – Los Angeles Times
- ~ King-Harbor ordered to fix problems or else – Los Angeles Times
- ~ Mental ‘Patient Dumping’ on Skid Row Prompts L.A. Lawsuit – Breitbart
- ~ L.A. City Atty. Mike Feuer vows to crack down on ‘patient dumping’ – Los Angeles Times
- ~ LA County Hospitals Were Told To Stop ‘Dumping’ Homeless Patients, But Their Options Are Limited – LAist
- ~ L.A. files patient `dumping’ charges – Los Angeles Times
- ~ L.A. files suit accusing Hawaiian Gardens hospital of patient dumping – Los Angeles Times
- ~ L.A. hospital accused of patient-dumping – Los Angeles Times
- ~ L.A. nursing home ‘dumped’ residents to bring in lucrative COVID patients, authorities say – Los Angeles Times
- ~ LA nursing home settles lawsuit over ‘dumping’ residents – New York Daily News
- ~ LA settles ‘patient dumping’ case with Good Samaritan Hospital for $450K – 89.3 KPCC
- ~ LAPD investigates alleged Skid Row patient dumping – East Bay Times
- ~ Late-night Santa Cruz hospital discharge of nearly-naked homeless man riles community – The Mercury News
- ~ Lawsuit claims hospital dumped paraplegic on Skid Row – Daily News
- ~ Los Angeles hospital settles over leaving patient on street – The San Diego Union-Tribune
- ~ Montebello hospital to pay fine for patient dumping case – ABC7 Los Angeles
- ~ No excuse for ‘patient dumping’ in L.A.’s skid row – Los Angeles Times
- ~ Paraplegic allegedly ‘dumped’ on skid row – Los Angeles Times
- ~ Paraplegic man dumped in LA gutter sues hospital – Reuters
- ~ Patient dumping accusation leads to $450,000 settlement from Good Samaritan Hospital – Los Angeles Times
- ~ POLICE ALLEGE 5 PATIENTS WERE DUMPED ON SKID ROW BY HOSPITAL – Los Angeles Times
- ~ Report: Orange County hospital dumps mentally ill patient along skid row – ABC7 Los Angeles
- ~ Trend: ‘Dumping’ Homeless on L.A.’s Skid Row – ABC News
- ~ Valley Hospital to Pay $500K for Dumping Mentally Ill Patient on Skid Row – North Hollywood, CA Patch
- ~ Video Allegedly Shows Deputies Dumping Mentally Ill Man In LA – Venice, CA Patch
- ~ New Charges of Patient Dumping on Skid Row – EmpowerLA
- ~ ‘Patient dumping’ charges in Los Angeles call attention to care of homeless – Relias Media
- ~ Another Los Angeles hospital fined for patient dumping – Healthcare Dive
- ~ California Legislature Tries to Stop “Patient Dumping” – Reason.com
- ~ Calif. Hospital To Pay $550K Following Investigation Into Hundreds Of Cases Of Patient Dumping – Kaiser Health News
- ~ Kaiser settles lawsuit alleging ‘patient-dumping’ – Modern Healthcare
Mentally Ill
~ Patient Dumping Becomes Problem For California Counties – YouTube
~ Report says mental patients being dumped in San Diego County – YouTube
~ The dumping ground for mental health patients – YouTube
~ Taxi Drivers Describe Patient Dumping – YouTube
- ~ Psychiatric Patients Turned Away From Lewiston Hospitals – Maine Public
- ~ Report- Nursing Homes ‘Dumping Grounds’ for Mentally Ill – Fox News
- ~ Kaiser Accused Of Dumping Mentally Ill Patients – Law360
- ~ ‘Patient Dumping’-Mentally Ill Get Shortchanged – Psychiatric Times
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
~ Aurora Hospital investigating homeless man left outside in hospital gown – WTMJ 4 Milwaukee – VIDEO
~ Aurora Sinai Medical Center taking action after homeless man left outside hospital – WTMJ4 Milwaukee – VIDEO
~ Aurora Sinai Medical Center taking action after homeless man left outside hospital – YouTube
~ Wisconsin hospital investigating after homeless man left outside in hospital gown – ABC 15 Arizona – VIDEO
- ~ Aurora Hospital investigating homeless man left outside in hospital gown – WTMJ 4 Milwaukee
- ~ Aurora Sinai Medical Center taking action after homeless man left outside hospital – WTMJ 4 Milwaukee
- ~ Aurora Sinai suspends employees after reports of homeless patient discharged, left on sidewalk – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- ~ Bystanders’ videos uncover ‘patient dumping’ by hospitals – Minnesota Public Radio News
- ~ Milwaukee hospital suspends employees for leaving homeless patient in cold – Becker’s Hospital Review
- ~ Wisconsin hospital investigating after homeless man left outside in hospital gown – ABC 15 Arizona
Nevada – “Greyhound Therapy”
~ Is Nevada ‘Dumping’ Mentally Ill Patients? – Dailymotion – VIDEO
~ Nevada caught dumping 1500 mentally ill patients on other states – YouTube
~ Nevada dumping mental patients in California – YouTube
~ Nevada mental health patients dumped – YouTube
~ Nevada Psychiatric Hospital Accused of ‘Patient Dumping’ – ABC News – VIDEO
~ Nevada psychiatric hospital accused of ‘patient dumping’ – Fox News – VIDEO
~ Nevada psychiatric hospital sued over alleged patient dumping – YouTube
~ Patient dumping scandal – YouTube
~ Report says mental patients being dumped in San Diego County – YouTube
- ~ Deaf, blind man called example of ‘patient dumping’ – SF Gate
- ~ Editorial: Is ‘Greyhound therapy’ the norm in Nevada? – The Sacremento Bee
- ~ Editorial: Nevada needs to atone for patient dumping – The Sacramento Bee
- ~ Editorial: Skimpy mental health net leads to dumped patients – The Sacramento Bee
- ~ Federal warning, multiple probes follow allegations of Nevada ‘patient dumping’ – Fox News
- ~ Feds Crack Down On Nevada Over Alleged ‘Patient Dumping’ Into California – CBS San Francisco
- ~ First lawsuit filed against Nevada, psychiatric hosptial in alleged ‘patient dumping’ cases – Fox News
- ~ Governor responds to ‘patient dumping’ allegations – Las Vegas Review-Journal
- ~ Homeless ‘Dumping’ Settlement Impacts San Diego – NBC 7 San Diego
- ~ L.A. accuses Glendale Adventist of patient dumping on skid row – Los Angeles Times
- ~ L.A. probes ‘patient dumping’ claims again mental hospital – Los Angeles Times
- ~ Lawsuit alleges ‘patient dumping’ at San Jose care facility – KTVU 2 Fox
- ~ Lawsuit Over Patient Dumping To Go Ahead – Nevada Public Radio.url
- ~ Los Angeles goes after Vegas hospital for dumping 1500 patients — RT USA News
- ~ Man With Psychosis Recalls Nevada ‘Patient Dumping’ – ABC News
- ~ Mental ‘Patient Dumping’ on Skid Row Prompts L.A. Lawsuit – Breitbart
- ~ Nev. hospitals accused of shipping mentally ill to Calif. – USA Today
- ~ Nevada ACLU Joining Sacramento Lawyer In Patient Dumping Suit – CBS Sacramento
- ~ Nevada Agrees To Pay $400K Settlement After Allegations Of Dumping Psychiatric Patients In SF – CBS San Francisco
- ~ Nevada could face suit for dumping patients in Calif. – SF Gate
- ~ Nevada Governor Responds to Patient Dumping Allegations – FOX40
- ~ Nevada Hospital’s ‘Patient Dumping’ Extends to San Jose, Report Says – San Jose Inside
- ~ Nevada pays S.F. for ‘patient dumping’ scheme – SF Gate
- ~ Nevada To Pay San Francisco $400,000 In ‘Patient Dumping’ Settlement – CBS San Francisco
- ~ Nevada Patient Dumping (Archives) – The Sacramento Bee
- ~ Nevada’s patient-dumping scheme needs federal investigation: Editorial – Daily News
- ~ Patient dumping becoming more widespread – Las Vegas World News
- ~ Patient Dumping – CBS San Francisco
- ~ patient dumping – Nevada Public Radio
- ~ ‘Patient Dumping’ Victim Files Lawsuit with Help of ACLU – San Jose Inside
- ~ Psychiatric hospital accused of patient dumping – The San Diego Union-Tribune
- ~ San Francisco Investigates Alleged Patient Dumping By Nevada Hospital – CBS San Francisco
- ~ San Francisco may sue Nevada over alleged ‘patient dumping’ – CNN
- ~ San Francisco Sues Nevada Over Alleged Patient Dumping – CBS San Francisco
- ~ San Francisco sues Nevada over patient dumping – NBC News
- ~ San Francisco threatens to sue Nevada for releasing hundreds of psychiatric patients to California — RT USA News
- ~ San Francisco to probe allegations of Nevada ‘patient dumping’ – Sacramento Bee
- ~ S.F., Nevada reach tentative settlement in patient-dumping case – SF Gate
- ~ S.F. Says Nevada Is Dumping Mental Patients – Courthouse News Service
- ~ S.F. sues to recoup costs for patients ‘dumped’ by Nevada hospital – Los Angeles Times
- ~ U.S. agency moves against Nevada hospital cited for “patient dumping” – Reuters
- ~ 500 Homeless Mental Patients Were Given Bus Pass California By Nevada Government Program – Mint Press News
- ~ Heartless- Nevada Dumps 1,500 Mental Patients Via One-Way Greyhound Ticket to California – Alternet.org
- ~ Las Vegas hospital sends 1,500 patients with mental health issues to other cities – Association of Health Care Journalists
Homeless
~ Despite new law, still few options for discharged homeless patients – YouTube
~ Outrage After Photos Surface Showing Homeless Patient Dumped Outside Hospital – Dailymotion – VIDEO
- ~ Kaiser Faces Charges for Dumping Homeless Patient – NPR
- ~ Hospitals Are Releasing Homeless Patients Back To The Streets. There’s A Better Way. – HuffPost
- ~ Homeless patient dumping law – New rules require coordination with shelters – The Sacramento Bee
- ~ Patient dumping in America- Hospitals discharging sick homeless back onto the street – Fox News
- ~ What Happens to Homeless Patients When They Are Discharged From the Hospital? – Pacific Standard
Nursing Homes
~ Dumped: Nursing Home Evictions a Reality for Some Poor Patients – NBC Left Field – YouTube
~ Nursing Home Accused Of Dumping Patient On Skid Row – YouTube
- ~ California sues nursing home operator for falsifying records, dumping patients without notice – Mercury News
- ~ Experts: ‘Dumping’ Of Nursing Home Residents Happens More Frequently – Wisconsin Public Radio
- ~ Local Officials Say a Nursing Home Dumped Residents to Die at Hospitals — ProPublica
- ~ ‘They Just Dumped Him Like Trash’- Nursing Homes Evict Vulnerable Residents – The New York Times
“Granny Dumping”
- ~ HOW COMMON IS `GRANNY DUMPING’? – Deseret News
- ~ ‘GRANNY DUMPING’ HITS HOME ELDERS’ ABANDONMENT A NATIONAL DILEMMA – Sun Sentinel
- ~ Opinion – Granny Dumping by the Thousands 1992 – The New York Times
Old News Stories
- ~ HOSPITAL IS ACCUSED OF `DUMPING` PATIENT – (1988) Chicago Tribune
- ~ Opinion – Granny Dumping by the Thousands (1992) – The New York Times
- ~ TREATING AN OUTBREAK OF PATIENT DUMPING IN TEXAS – (1986) The New York Times
Reports
- ~ Association Between Insurance Status and Access to Hospital Care in Emergency Department Disposition – Emergency Medicine – JAMA Network
- ~ Commissioner Statement of Gail Heriot in the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights’ Report ‘Patient Dumping’ by Gail L. Heriot – SSRN
- ~ Emergency department patient ‘dumping’- an analysis of interhospital transfers to the Regional Medical Center at Memphis, Tennessee – PubMed
- ~ Equal access to health care – patient dumping – thirty-seventh report – United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations – (1988) Archive.org
- ~ Hospital Violations of the Emergency Medical Treatment and LaiJor Act: A Detailed Look at “Patient Dumping” – Public Citizen – PDF
- ~ Involuntary Discharge Memo for Comments Due 2017 – Center for Clinical Standards and Quality / Survey & Certification Group – PDF
- ~ ‘Patient dumping’: a crisis in emergency medical care for the indigent – PubMed
- ~ Patient dumping: a resident’s firsthand view – PubMed
- ~ Patient Dumping Is Still a Problem Nurse-led transitional care may be one solution. – AJN Reports – PDF
- ~ Patient Dumping: Status, Implications, and Policy Recommendations 1987 – JAMA Network
- ~ PATIENT DUMPING: THE COBRA THAT NEVER STRUCK – PDF
- ~ PATIENT DUMPING – U.S. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS – 2014 – PDF
- ~ Questionable Hospitals: 527 Hospitals that Violated the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act: A Detailed Look at “Patient Dumping” – (2001) Public Citizen – PDF
- ~ The base of the iceberg. Outpatient dumping in Chicago – PubMed
- ~ The determinants of dumping- a national study of economically motivated transfers involving mental health care – PubMed
- ~ This Video Of A Hospital Patient Being Pushed Out Into The Freezing Cold Is So Disturbing – Bustle
- ~ Too Poor to Pay- The Scandal of Patient Dumping – JSTOR
- ~ Too Poor to Pay- The Scandal of Patient Dumping. The American Journal of Nursing – Sci-Hub – PDF
- ~ Transfers to a public hospital. A prospective study of 467 patients – PubMed