Dr. Anderson lobbied tirelessly to stop patient dumping. or the practice of transferring unstable patients from private to public hospitals because of the patients inability to pay. In 1986. federal legislation was passed and signed into law prohibiting patient dumping. Dr. Anderson also fought to allow Parklands physicians to treat every patient. no matter their citizenship status. In the mid1990s. Dr. Anderson became a national spokesperson when welfare reform proposals threatened to force health care providers to report undocumented immigrants to the Immigration and Naturalization Service. He advocated for the preservation of the confidentiality of the physicianpatient relationship. Under Dr.
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