Patient Dumping
The sorry state of healthcare in the US
5 min readApr 4, 2024
It’s 6:30am, and I am walking my dog. The winds are howling at 50mph, it’s raining, and the temperature is 36 degrees F. Making his way towards me is an elderly man, leaning on his walker. His thin trousers are no protection from the cold and rain. His shoes are already sopping wet. He stops in the middle of the street, and leans on his walker to rest.
