US government stops Haiti evacuations
Sunday, January 31, 2010 The US military has halted the evacuation of victims of the Haiti earthquake for medical care, reportedly due to uncertainty about who will pay for the costs. A military official told the New York Times that flights to the US were stopped on Wednesday, as some hospitals didn’t want to receive the refugees. “Apparently, some states were unwilling to accept the entry of Haitian patients for follow-on critical care. We manage…