Here is an unintended consequence of government mandates on care. It is pretty hard to see these numbers and not believe that people have easy access to medical care.
In the past six years, eight people from Austin and one from Luling racked up 2,678 emergency room visits in Central Texas, costing hospitals, taxpayers and others $3 million, according to a report from a nonprofit made up of hospitals and other providers that care for the uninsured and low-income Central Texans.
One of the nine spent more than a third of last year in the ER: 145 days. That same patient totaled 554 ER visits from 2003 through 2008. . . . .
9 People accounted for 2,678 emergency room visits over 6 years
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