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Charity care costs deciline

Charity care spending across 10 large hospital systems in Minnesota has declined $43 million since health insurance coverage expanded in 2014 with the federal health law.

By Jim Foster

August 22, 2016 at 2:35PM

(Jim Foster/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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