Along with the incalculable toll on victims and their families, gun violence in the U.S. also exacts another heavy cost: More than $1 billion a year in medical bills.
Pennsylvania hospitals had an average profit margin of 8% in 2021, about twice the level of the previous year, according to the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council.
A new study by researchers from The Hilltop Institute at UMBC of over 1,600 hospitals across the U.S. shows self-pay cash prices for emergency room (ER) facility fees vary with hospital and regional characteristics.
After weathering the pandemic with federal COVID-19 aid, rural hospitals are facing a convergence of challenges that could leave many facilities deep in the red and at risk of closing as soon as the end of this year.
