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 n.β€” Β«Some hospitals now have β€œnavigators,” staff members assigned solely to the uninsured to handle the cumbersome paperwork required for registering them.Β» β€”β€œCity Hospitals Reinvent Role of Emergency” by Sarah Kershaw New York Times Feb. 12, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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