It is a serious problem because of the degree of awfulness of the act, not because of its present-day frequency. See also https://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/enforcement/

It is a serious problem because of the degree of awfulness of the act, not because of its present-day frequency. See also https://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/enforcement/cmp/patient_dumping.asp https://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/enforcement/cmp/patient_dumping.as...