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Rich Neal: In my district, we had an uncompensated care cost of $50 million last year, and I am told that that, that works out to…

On the recordJuly 9, 2012
In my district, we had an uncompensated care cost of $50 million last year, and I am told that that, that works out to be about $1,000 per person who buys insurance that they have to pay more.
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Rich Neal
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the financial burden of uncompensated care on insured individuals.

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