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Article: Pima County, Ariz., Hospitals Will Get Funding If Congress Passes Bill.
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- September 27, 2002
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By Carla McClain, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Sep. 27--Pima County hospitals -- among the hardest hit in the nation by unpaid emergency bills for border-crossers from Mexico -- stand to gain millions in federal relief if a bill introduced in Congress Thursday becomes law.
Of 24 U.S. counties bordering Mexico, Pima County ranks near the top -- third -- for losing money providing this care: nearly $25 million in the year 2000, according to a just-released federal study.
The total unpaid bill for all border-state hospitals hit nearly $190 million that year, the study found, with health care facilities ...