- 96%
said that emergency patients do not understand what their health insurance
policies cover for emergency care
- 8
in 10 are seeing patients with health insurance who have forgone or
delayed medical care because of high costs
- 62%
say most health insurance companies provide less than adequate coverage
for emergency care visits
- Over
60% have had trouble finding in-network specialists to care for patients
in the last year
- A
quarter of them say they have trouble finding in-network specialists on a
daily basis
Source: "Insurance Companies Mislead Patients By
Selling "Affordable" Policies That Cover Very Little," American
College of Emergency Physicians News Release, May 9, 2016, http://newsroom.acep.org/2016-05-09-Insurance-Companies-Mislead-Patients-By-Selling-Affordable-Policies-That-Cover-Very-Little
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