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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (70571)	6/28/2014 11:36:50 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) of 71588

>> Just one dude coming in with his brain and body mangled up from an auto wreck and easily run up costs in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Emergency departments are feeders for the hospital operation. Still, ERs nationwide turn a profit (about 8% annually, with close to 80B in combined revenue). But ALL ER profits are a result of subsidy by private insurers; the ERs that have closed over the years have been those that serve populations without private insurance plans. And that is the reason the increase in Medicaid patients is a problem that threatens a critical component of health care. If there are an insufficient number of privately insured patients, it becomes a drain on hospital dollars. The guy who comes in with a head injury is treated in the ER and admitted. The costs of running an ER have a substantial fixed component to them (which is why the prices have to be so high). It costs a lot of money to have doctors, nurses, labs, xrays and CT scans available 24/7. Still, they contribute to the overall profitability of a hospital operation.

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