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Uninsured Not Getting the Treatment They Need PDF Print E-mail
Written by Legal Intern   
Thursday, 03 December 2009 11:05
Federal law maintains that patients in need of lifesaving care are, by law, supposed to receive it even if they cannot afford it. But are all hospitals complying with this law? The answer is no.

According to a study done by the Children’s Hospital Boston found an annual rate of 89 percent of uninsured trauma victim’s ages 18 to 30 are dying.


The knowledge that uninsured victims are at a higher rate of dying because they do not have health care, makes it a major concern today.

Sphere reports an email interview with Dr. Heather Rosen who says, “Uninsured patients in the United States have a higher risk of dying after trauma, even though there is universal access to emergency care.”

Uninsured patients could have a number of diseases that could result in their death if not treated. Cancer, diabetes, chronic diseases and many others could be treated through medication, but these uninsured patients are not included in the Federal law because they are not trauma patients.

According to Sphere, the “existing policy is supposed to protect victims of trauma and other acute medical event, for whom instant medical intervention makes the difference between survival and death.”

But if uninsured are patients not receiving trauma care, as the study shows, how is the law working properly?
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