Not There When You Need It: The Search for Free Hospital Care

October 2003 Not There When You Need It: The Search for Free Hospital Care The public perception is that one way or another, anyone who needs hospital care can get it, regardless of ability to pay. The reality, though, is that a steep hospital bill will usually follow, and help paying that bill is hard to find. This is the conclusion of the Free Care Monitoring Project, an undertaking of Community Catalyst and eight grassroots organizations in nine communities across the country. Since 1999, the project has investigated how easy or difficult it is for consumers to get information about . . .