False Names Used By Uninsured Emergency Department Patients

on Thursday, as part of a series titled "Falling Through: Casualties of the Health Insurance Crisis," examined how some emergency department patients register under false names because they do not have health insurance and cannot afford to pay for care. The article profiled a 27-year-old man who three years earlier experienced a sudden elevated heart rate and called 911. After the paramedics arrived, they found his heart rate had increased to 190 beats per minute, and his heart rate later... [read full story]