Since Graphic Artists seldom have health insurance

source:
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2005/10/31/daily15.html?hbx=e_abd


Providence Health System is the first nonprofit hospital group in the country to settle charges alleging unfair billing for uninsured patients. A settelement was announced Tuesday.

About 60 similar lawsuits are pending against other nonprofit health systems, including Legacy Health System.

The settlement, pending approval by the courts, spells out a revised pricing system under which uninsured patients would receive discounts on par with the prices insurance companies negotiate with Providence for the insured population. read the story

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