New Jersey Hospitals Face Crisis As Economy Worsens, More Uninsured Patients...Medical News Today: 3 views since Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 11:16 AMNew Jersey "faces a nasty culmination of health care crises" amid a falling economy, which likely will lead to an increase in the number of uninsured residents and place a greater burden on hospitals in the state, the Washington Post reports. According to the Post, six hospitals in New Jersey have closed in the past 18 months and half of those remaining are operating at a loss.
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