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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
October 2, 2008
In 2006, there were 39.4 million hospital stays in the United States for a total bill, excluding emergency care and physician fees, of $950 billion. Government payers Medicare and Medicaid paid about two-thirds of that bill, with private insurance picking up 30 percent and the uninsured billed....