Its purpose was to reduce healthcare spending by deporting individuals who did not have visas or who were uncertain about their immigration status. Agraharkar further argued that deportation of patients is simply a fulfillment of the prohibition on patient abandonment and unavailability of healthcare resources. Blalock and Wolfe (2001) found that the reason for the increase in patient dumping is related to the underfunding of the healthcare system. Only after the law requiring all hospitals to provide medical care did the incidence increase. Additionally, hospitals that provide care to uninsured patients are often not reimbursed for their service. Therefore, this trend of patient dumping greatly affects low-income/SES citizens. (2016) report that a link between SES and health is due to inequalities in resources. (2016) detailed fundamental cause theory as the overarching cause of many health inequities, such as patient dumping. This theory seeks to demonstrate the association between SES and health inequalities (patient dumping) over time with a lack of range of resources to protect and/or improve