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A Modern Healthcare analysis finds a widely uneven distribution in the levels of charity care given to the poor by various hospitals. Many of the charitable healthcare providers even acknowledge billing patients who, in retrospect, probably should have qualified for free care. "Hospitals, if they're not-for-profits, should act like a charity," says Sen. Chuck Grassley, left. "I expect nonprofit hospitals to fulfill their not-for-profit status by providing whatever charity care is needed".
《现代医疗保健》的一项分析发现，各医院向穷人提供的慈善医疗水平分布极不均衡。许多慈善医疗服务提供者甚至承认，事后想来，他们向本可能符合免费医疗条件的患者收取了费用。“医院，如果它们是非营利性的，就应该表现得像慈善机构，”参议员查克·格拉斯利（左）说，“我期望非营利性医院通过提供所需的任何慈善医疗来履行其非营利地位。”
