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The care was ordinary. A hospital in Modesto, California, treated a 30-year-old man for shoulder and back pain after a car accident. He went home in less than three hours. The bill was extraordinary. Sutter Health Memorial Medical Center charged $44,914 including an $8,928 “trauma alert” fee, billed for summoning the hospital’s top surgical specialists […]

Firearm injuries in the U.S. cost more than $1 billion per year, with public insurance programs picking up more than half the tab, according to a federal watchdog. The cost of emergency department and inpatient care to treat gunshot injuries was just over $1 billion in each 2016 and 2017, the Government Accountability Office finds […]

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» NEWS CATEGORIES » Trauma Care

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Hospital ‘Trauma Centers’ Charge Enormous Fees to Treat Minor Injuries and Send People Home

Gun Injuries in the U.S. Cost $1 Billion Per Year, Watchdog Says