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[Denver Dave]

New Report: Post-Katrina Safety-Net Clinic Patients in New Orleans Report More Efficient and Affordable Health Care and Less Medical Debt Than Most U.S. Adults; Pilot Could Serve as National Modelj.
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/News/News-Releases/2010/Jan/Post-Katrina-Safety-Net-Clinic-Patients.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20TheCommonwealthFundNewsroom%20%28The%20Commonwealth%20Fund:%20Newsroom%29

"New York, NY, January 15, 2010—A new Commonwealth Fund survey of safety-net clinic patients in New Orleans finds that, despite being disproportionately low-income and uninsured, these patients had fewer problems affording care and fewer instances of medical debt and inefficient care than most U.S. adults. In fact, the report, Coming Out of Crisis: Patient Experiences In Primary Care In New Orleans, Four Years Post Katrina, finds that, among the clinic patients surveyed, only 27 percent went without needed health care because of cost, compared with 41 percent of adults across the country."