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Re:Affordable Care by DrScump on Friday January 13, 2017 @08:37PM (#13396304) 

  the hospitals can afford their emergencies
No, it's because the ER is legally obligated to treat, regardless of ability to pay. ERs in urban areas are generally money losers.

For example, Kaiser's huge new Santa Clara (CA) complex kept its ER from opening until the very day they closed the ER at the prior site on Kiely. There are fewer ERs in the San Jose area than there were 200,000 people ago.

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Re:Affordable Care by MisterBastahrd on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @04:57PM (#13421755)
Yes, but the simple fact of the matter is that the hospital wouldn't be in business if they couldn't afford to provide the care. So the care is going to be administered ANYWAY, at a much greater cost than it should have been, because people wait until their problems blow up into emergencies before seeking care.
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