From Reuters:
Whenever a terribly injured patient rolls into the er, Dr. John Scott doesn’t ask to see proof insurance coverage. Alternatively, he instantly starts therapy.
Hospital attention often saves patients from gunshots, stab wounds, crushing motor vehicle collisions as well as other terrible injuries. But Scott present in a new study that 7 out-of 10 adult uninsured trauma clients suffer another debilitating damage: financial disaster.
“We’re improving at injury, and they’re going residence financially ruined,” Scott stated in a phone meeting.
