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Charity-care patients rise in San Francisco; new demographic data shows concentration in lower-income neighborhoods
Summary
A combined 2018–2019 charity-care report presented April 6 showed a roughly 51% increase in charity-care patients over two years, driven mainly by traditional charity-care (not Healthy San Francisco) and concentrated among Hispanic/Latinx and Black patients and people experiencing homelessness.
The San Francisco Department of Public Health presented a combined 2018–2019 charity-care report to the Health Commission on April 6 that found increases in the number of patients receiving charity care for the first time since implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
Presenter Max Gara said the number of charity-care patients rose by about 51% over the two-year span covered by the report. Expenditures tied to charity care rose approximately 37% and Medi-Cal reimbursement shortfalls increased roughly 23% in the period,…
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