To discharge a patient from a hospital, in order to save the hospital or government money or at the behest of a greedy insurance company, sometimes through the use of a pod doctor. Does not apply to illegal aliens, for whom complete care must be provided regardless of cost.
1. Although I am still sick, the hospital is going to turf me because my insurance company is limiting the number of days they will pay for this hospitalization.
2. The insurance company inserted one of its pod doctors into the medical team in order to turf the patient.