Please pay first, more hospitals say

Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch

Increasingly, Columbus, Ohio, area hospitals are requesting not only co-pays upfront but also deductibles and co-insurance, which is the patient's share of the cost of a covered healthcare service beyond the deductible.

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