Access to health care coming soon to homeless in Colorado
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Harry Stahl walked into Colorado Springs emergency rooms twice this year, and went under a surgeon’s knife once in Wyoming. He left each hospital feeling better – but without a home to go to while he healed. And being homeless, he left no doubt on his ability to pay for most of those medical bills.
Come Jan. 1, access to health care for homeless people such as Stahl should vastly improve, and the level of care they receive could become far more advanced and holistic, homeless advocates and health care providers say. Meanwhile, the cost to hospitals for treating homeless people could decline – potentially reducing the amount of charitable care offered each year. Click here to read the full article by Jakob Rodgers.
