35 year-old Jesus Navarro is married and a father of a 3 year old little girl. His kidneys begun to shut down eight years ago. Every day after work he would come home and cleanse his blood of toxins using a home dialysis machine. But lately, he has been getting worse and is in desperate need of a kidney transplant. Navarro has a willing donor and they have private insurance to cover the cost of a transplant. UC San Francisco Medical Center say they refuse to do one because he is an illegal immigrant so they can't be sure he will receive proper follow up care. Critics say that that providing this kind of care would discourage home countries to get their own health systems. If Navarro does not get the kidney transplant, he will die. His life hinges on the status of "Illegal Immigrant."
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