Do hospitals tell patients about charity care options? Study finds room for improvement
Thursday, October 29, 2015 - 12:20
in Health & Medicine
If you don't have health insurance, or your insurance coverage still leaves you with big bills, hospitals are supposed to let you know if you qualify for free or reduced-price care, and to charge you fairly even if you don't. (That is, if they want to keep their tax-free nonprofit status.) But a new study finds many nonprofit hospitals have room to improve.