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Red state hospitals quickly eject gunshot victims — especially if they're uninsured
The Price of Being Unprofitable After Being ShotThe injury is only the opening woundAlea Bates survived seven gunshots. What followed was the quieter American violence: discharge pressure, unpaid bills, and a hospital system that treated her lack of insurance as a clinical fact when it was really a financial verdict. The reporting shows that in Florida, uninsured gunshot victims leave hospitals sooner than insured patients, even when their injuries are severe.Power sits with the institutions that billThe people with real control here are not the patients. It is the hospitals, the insurers…
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