“Everyone knows that hospitals lose money treating the uninsured. But do they really? * One California hospital charged uninsured patients $10,150 per day and collected $7,815. Its actual costs: $2,036; * Another California hospital charged the uninsured $11,098 per day and collected $8,535. Its actual costs: $2,172. In both cases, the hospitals not only made money on the uninsured, they collected a whopping four times what the care really cost to deliver. These examples are from a fascinating new book, America’s Health Care Crisis Solved, by Pat Rooney and Dan Perrin. It’s a must-read for anyone interested in health policy.” (07/02/08)
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