The number of Washingtonians with no health insurance will soon reach 1 million, according to a report today from state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler. Kreidler also predicts that the cost of uncompensated medical care in the state will reach $1 billion annually by 2011. In seven years, the cost of uncompensated care including uncollected medical debts and charity care by hospitals and other health providers, has increased by over 80 percent from $457 million in 2002 to a projecte...
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