Nine people visited Austin's ERs more than 2,600 times in six years, according to a report from the nonprofit Integrated Care Collaboration, a group of health care providers for low-income and uninsured patients in Central Texas. One of those people went to city emergency rooms 145 times last year alone. All told, the cost for treating the nine people was more than $3 million.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Abuse of the medical system--when it's free
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