Feb 25, 2009 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology
February 25, 2009 Providers might blame soaring healthcare costs in part on caring for uninsured patients, but a new study published by the journal Health Affairs suggests this argument may not hold much water. While the number of uninsured Americans has grown, the share of healthcare dollars dedicated to caring for them has remained stable. Only about a quarter of the cost for their care goes uncompensated, and that amount has remained a stable 6% of hospital costs for many years, according...
