Posts Tagged ‘Emergency Room’
Why emergency rooms don’t close the health care gap
By Aaron Carroll for CNN – For decades, the attempts at health care reform have aimed to increase access. The United States is one of the few industrialized nations in the world that does not provide universal health care to its citizens. And repeatedly, those who oppose it have been forced to argue that access…
Read MoreHospitals Demand Payment Upfront From ER Patients With “Routine Problems”
From Kaiser Health News – Next time you go to an emergency room, be prepared for this: If your problem isn’t urgent, you may have to pay upfront. Last year, about 80,000 emergency-room patients at hospitals owned by HCA, the nation’s largest for-profit hospital chain, left without treatment after being told they would have to…
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