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EMERGENCY ROOMS ARE IN POOR HEALTH, PHYSICIANS
WARN
by Cheryl Clark
The state's hospital emergency
rooms are in a "perpetual state of crisis"
because of $400 million in annual losses, the
California Medical [sic]
said. San Diego County hospitals alone are losing
$20 million a year from unreimbursed emergency room
care, said a report from the doctors'
organization….
The release of the report,
"California's Emergency Services: A System in
Crisis," was paired with Thursday's
introduction of two bills in the Legislature that
would increase state funding to emergency rooms and
physicians by $300 million.
Emergency rooms are in jeopardy
because of declining reimbursements from Medi-Cal,
Medicare, and health maintenance organizations and a
tremendous INCREASE IN UNINSURED PATIENTS [VDARE’s
emphasis], the report says.
