Readers sound off on hospital bills, small-town sheriffs and tents for migrants

Manhattan: Cynthia Fisher is correct that hospital prices are a vexing issue (“Show the real prices of NYC hospitals,” op-ed, Sept. 27), but why? The answer is that most hospital patients are Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries, and reimbursement from those government programs doesn’t come close to covering hospitals’ costs of providing care.

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