Uninsured trauma patients are much more likely to die

Patients who lack health insurance are more likely to die from car accidents and other traumatic injuries than people who belong to a health plan — even though emergency rooms are required to care for all comers regardless of ability to pay, according to a study published today…

The research team from Harvard University and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston used information from 1,154 U.S. hospitals that contribute to the National Trauma Data Bank…

Read more here (Los Angeles Times)