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Healthcare/Hospital Law

Mar. 6, 2008

Suit Challenges Health Safety-Net Program

LOS ANGELES-When Cecilio Covarrubias went to a San Diego County emergency room with chest pains in January, all he could think about was how much the hospital bed would cost.

By Evan George
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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      LOS ANGELES-When Cecilio Covarrubias went to a San Diego County emergency room with chest pains in January, all he could think about was how much the hospital bed would cost.
      The 60-year-old uninsured janitor makes too much to qualify for federal or state assistance, he said, and too little to afford priv...

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