Surge in charity care puts hospitals under more strain

BROWN UNIVERSITY HEALTH saw charity care expenses increase 50% year over year in the quarter that ended June 30. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY HEALTH
BROWN UNIVERSITY HEALTH saw charity care expenses increase 50% year over year in the quarter that ended June 30. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY HEALTH

Cash-strapped hospitals in Rhode Island are seeing the cost of charity care surge amid disruptions in the health insurance market, and some in the health care sector say more support from the government may be the only way to relieve the growing financial pressure. Brown University Health, the state’s largest health system, says the amount

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