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A federal fund that helps hospitals cover some of the costs of treating illegal immigrants will only be around for a few more months unless something is done and more cash is found.
Officials with University Medical Center, Tucson Medical Center and Carondelet Health Network were in Washington Tuesday trying to get the federal government to keep the fund alive, rather than letting it expire in September.