- Ppatients were told they would have to pay their bills in full if they couldn't prove they had insurance
- One was faced with a $3,000 hospital room charge and opted to leave the hospital after experiencing chest pains
- 'Should I be in the hospital? Probably,' she said
- Another, coughing in the cold, walked out without receiving a needed chest x-ray
- Consumers face sticker-shock from medical costs under the new Obamacare system, made worse if they can't prove they're insured
- As many as one-third of new enrollees' applications have seen problems when the government transmits them to insurance companies
Source: David Martosko, The Daily Mail.
