The invoices should contribute to the reduction in hospital costs
Salem - Runaway costs for medical care and a rapidly growing population Oregonians has no health insurance have prompted the legislature, the orientation of public hospitals.
Lawmakers are considering at least three bills, which aim to fight against rising medical costs, especially for the uninsured, which limits the jurisdiction of the hospitals, how they spend their money and they can.
But the hospital industry said they are fighting the measures, as well intentioned, but wrong.
The hearings for three invoices, records at the request of organizations work and health consumer groups, began last week in the Senate Health Policy Committee and concluded Monday.
Senate Bill 504, hospitals, care for charity is not assured for all patients whose income is below 200 percent of the poverty line - which comes to $ 38700 for a family of four. For people with incomes between 200 percent and 400 percent - up to $ 77400 for a family of four - without insurance, hospitals were required to interview discounted to-be-scale.
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