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Uninsured: Where Do They Go for Heathcare?

Guests:

Diane Roland
*Executive Director of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
*Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Hygiene and Public Health of the Johns Hopkins University

Larry Gage
*President, National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems

Dr. Arthur Kellermann
*Specialist in Emergency Medicine
*Co-Chair, Institute of Medicine, Committee on the Consequence of Uninsurance

Cynthia Mitchell
*Director, Martha's Vineyard Community Health Center

For the uninsured, finding health care is becoming increasing difficult. Public hospital are struggling to stay open, other hospitals limit access to their emergency rooms. The numbered of uninsured Americans is rising, where do they go when they get sick?

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