When Hospitals Decide Who Deserves Treatment: NPR Investigates 'Denial Of Care'

Published: Dec. 16, 2020, 10 p.m.

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NPR investigations correspondent Joseph Shapiro reports on what happened to Sarah McSweeney.

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