California Hospitals Charge Fair Prices to the Uninsured
Why is that? Because in 2006 California passed the Hospital Fair Pricing Act. Melnick and Fonkych (2013) describe the bill as follows. The Hospital Fair Pricing Act…mandated that hospitals develop formal, written financial assistance policies and limit the prices they charge uninsured patients with low to moderate incomes…Under the law, hospitals must limit the amounts they collect from…