Daniel Chang, Fred Clasen-Kelly, and Olga Pierce, The Trace
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Florida Hospitals Act Fast to Discharge Gun Victims — Especially if They’re Not Insured

by Daniel Chang, Fred Clasen-Kelly, and Olga Pierce, The Trace

This story was originally published by KFF Health News and The Trace. Alea Bates wasn’t ready to leave Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare’s main hospital four days after a stranger shot her seven times at close range. Miraculously, hospital records show, none of the bullets damaged her internal organs. But after surgery, Bates said, she couldn’t get […]

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