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Article: New Jersey Patients to See Higher Co-payments for an Emergency Room Visit.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- February 5, 2003
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By Linda Loyd, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Feb. 5--With many doctors' offices closed in New Jersey this week to protest soaring liability insurance, hundreds of sick people have flocked to hospital emergency rooms for routine care.
Will patients, who were turned away by their own physicians, end up shelling out more money for medical insurance co-payments because they sought alternative treatment in an emergency room and not a physician's office?
Probably, yes.
Patients may not get the co-payment bill due for their emergency room visit for a few weeks, but the co-pay for a hospital emergency room ...