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Topic: Emergency rooms

Hospital emergency room entrance sign (Getty Images/Douglas Sacha)

Pregnant women being denied ER care

Nicole Karlis
Pregnant woman being cared for inside ambulance (Getty Images/xavierarnau)

SCOTUS dismisses Idaho abortion case

Nicole Karlis
Demonstrators rally in support of abortion rights at the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, April 15, 2023. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

SCOTUS on abortion and emergency care

Nicole Karlis
Young pregnant woman being examined during pregnancy while coronavirus pandemic (Getty Images)

Private equity in the maternity ward

Rae Ellen Bichell - KFF Health News
EMTs rush a patient to the emergency room at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on March 24, 2020, as the number of confirmed Massachusetts cases of coronavirus soars to near 5,000. (Stan Grossfeld/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

The secrets of the emergency room

Mary Elizabeth Williams
A bustling hallway in the emergency department at Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital due to coronavirus (COVID-19) patients in Oceanside, New York (Jeffrey Basinger/Newsday via Getty Images)

Inside a hospital during a COVID surge

Matthew Wynia - The Conversation
Businessmen having a business meeting with team of doctors at doctor's office. (Getty Images)

Investors profit from ER bill mark up

Isaac Arnsdorf - ProPublica
A member of the medical staff comforts a patient infected by the novel coronavirus (PIERO CRUCIATTI/AFP/Getty Images)

Wall Street ties to emergency rooms

Eileen Appelbaum, Rosemary Batt - Independent Media Institute
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A nap, bottle of formula and $18k

Jenny Gold, Sarah Kliff - KFF Health News
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What's a hospital "after-hours" fee?

Michelle Andrews - KFF Health News
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Anna Gorman - KFF Health News
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I gave birth to a razor blade

Michael Lacare