Gun injuries cost Americans $730 million a year in hospital bills

Wednesday, March 22, 2017 - 05:31 in Health & Medicine

Americans paid more than $6.6 billion over eight years to care for victims of gun violence, according to a new tally of hospital bills. And U.S. taxpayers picked up at least 41% of that tab. That’s just the tip of the iceberg, say the authors of a study published this week in the American Journal...

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