Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom 20130613 18:26:00 : compare

Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom 20130613 18:26:00

again, like many other hospitals it also has a plan in place for patients who don't quite meet that charity kree ticriteria. in redman's case it gives uninsured people a discount which varies from procedure to procedure. patterson would have to get on a monthly payment plan to pay the bills back. these bills are going to be huge for him. most experts say the important thing here is to pay something. keep in mind that you can often negotiate how much you pay. you can often negotiate with the hospital. >> even with the plans with the hospitals and the negotiating, i mean, ultimately hospitals do have a bottom line. >> they do. there are numbers on this. the american hospital association says the country's 5,000 community hospitals, that they've provided more than $40 billion, with a "b" were $40 billion in care that wasn't paid back in 2011. almost 6% of their total expenses. to balance their books they've got to make it up somewhere. some hospitals are raising rates on people who do have insurance or delaying the replacement of equipment for the hospital. now, the hope in patterson's

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