Advocates, lawmakers push hospitals to help more with bills

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One thought on “Advocates, lawmakers push hospitals to help more with bills

  1. If the disparity were not so grossly different between what insurance companies actually pay, and the amount the hospitals charge the under- and un-insured, there would be a lot fewer people with the low credit ratings decried in this article.

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