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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts) Wed Jul 25, 2012, 07:11 PM Jul 2012

No medical bills for some Colo. shooting victims [View all]

Source: AP

DENVER (AP) -- Three hospitals taking care of people wounded in the Colorado theater shooting say they will limit or completely wipe out medical bills for the victims.

Some victims, many of them young, are uninsured and face mounting hospital bills.

Children's Hospital Colorado announced Wednesday it would use donations to cover the medical expenses of the uninsured. For those who do have insurance, the hospital says it will waive all co-pays for shooting victims it is treating.

HealthOne, which owns the Medical Center of Aurora and Swedish Medical Center, also says it will limit or eliminate charges based on the individual circumstances of the patients.

Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_COLORADO_SHOOTING_MEDICAL_BILLS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-07-25-18-56-36

Looking forward to hearing what the two remaining hospitals have to say.

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No medical bills for some Colo. shooting victims [View all] Tx4obama Jul 2012 OP

Wow warrior1 Jul 2012 #1

That is wonderful but this is what everyone gopiscrap Jul 2012 #2

Agreed! It shouldn't take a national tragedy. That said, however, I'm really gratified calimary Jul 2012 #3

too bad I couldn't have been there to be shot RedRocco Jul 2012 #12

Yes, everyone should have universal single payer. avaistheone1 Jul 2012 #15

Very glad to hear that ailsagirl Jul 2012 #4

Great, but looks like they are using donations DaveJ Jul 2012 #5

That 2 million donated money will barely cover ONE PERSON. Tx4obama Jul 2012 #8

We can collectively support Caleb DaveJ Jul 2012 #19

Isn't that special, however, everyday someone falls upon the same thing, and usually it is assigned still_one Jul 2012 #6

Thank you. woo me with science Jul 2012 #11

Good. NONE of these victims should have to pay a single dime. kestrel91316 Jul 2012 #7

And they should be able to concentrate on recovery hamsterjill Jul 2012 #10

Liability insurance should be required of gun owners FailureToCommunicate Jul 2012 #9

You bring up a good point, and one I've always wondered about. Crunchy Frog Jul 2012 #18

They should send the bills to the NRA LiberalEsto Jul 2012 #13

They should send out the massive millions of dollars in unpaid bills to NRA for gun violence that Panasonic Jul 2012 #14

Will they also cover all the physical therapy, astonamous Jul 2012 #16

+1 n/t area51 Jul 2012 #17

This is a good example of how medicine is more a charity than a business. reformist2 Jul 2012 #20

kick samsingh Jul 2012 #21

"some" (nt) Posteritatis Jul 2012 #22

CNN was covering this with Anderson Cooper, people shouldn't have to beg, and an innocent person JI7 Jul 2012 #23

That's nice and all but I don't see what makes their situation 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #24

That is really nice of them. musical_soul Jul 2012 #25

"Some victims, many of them young, are uninsured and face mounting hospital bills." KansDem Jul 2012 #26

hi. wayne cloud Mar 2013 #27

I certainly agree, such a horrific situation. :( Rhiannon12866 Mar 2013 #28