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Uninsured Often Turn to Emergency Rooms For Medical Care

As The U.S. House and Senate work to combine their different versions of the healthcare bill, 46 million Americans have no health insurance. Many turn to emergency rooms for their care since they have no primary care physician. We explore the rules governing our current system. When are hospitals required to care for people who can't pay and when can they turn patients away? Ideastream's Eric Wellman has more.