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McCarthy, Michael
BMJ (Online), 01/2015, Volume: 350, Issue: jan02 1Journal Article
In 2009, tax exempt nonprofit hospitals in the United States spent 7.5% of their operating expenses on community benefits, and more than 85% of those expenditures went to charity care. 2 However, a number of hospitals and hospital systems have been criticized for failing to inform low income patients that they may be eligible for charity care, for charging uninsured patients far more than they charge insured patients, and for using aggressive debt collection tactics on people who fail to pay their bills-in some cases, garnishing patients' wages and allowing debt collectors to confront patients in emergency rooms.
