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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Reed Abelson / The Bulletin
November 9, 2008
In another sign of the economy’s toll on the nation’s health care system, some hospitals say they are seeing fewer paying patients — even as greater numbers of people are showing up at emergency rooms unable to pay their bills.
While the full effects of the downturn....