More hospitals charge upfront fees for non-urgent care in emergency rooms

Next time you go to an emergency room, you should be prepared for this: If your problem isn't urgent, you may have to pay upfront.
Last year, about 80,000 emergency-room patients at hospitals owned by HCA, the nation's largest for-profit hospital chain, left without treatment after being told they would have to first pay $150 because they did not have a true emergency.
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Lori Montgomery 19 Feb, 2012
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