Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 243-246 , September 2000

Emergency Medicine and the Debate Over the Uninsured: A Report From the Task Force on Health Care and the Uninsured

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☆ Dr. Cetta, Dr. Asplin, and Dr. Fields are members of the Communications Subcommittee of the ACEP Task Force on Health Care and the Uninsured.

☆☆ See Appendix for a complete list of task force members.

★ Editors’ Note: This report does not represent the official policy positions of Annals of Emergency Medicine or of the American College of Emergency Physicians. The authors are solely responsible for its content.

★★ Reprints not available from the authors. Address for correspondence: Brent R. Asplin, MD, MPH, Department of Emergency Medicine, Regions Hospital, 640 Jackson Street, St. Paul, MN 55101; 651-221-3311, fax 651-221-8756; E-mail: brent.r.asplin@HealthPartners.com.

PII: S0196-0644(00)14676-1

doi: 10.1067/mem.2000.109911

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 243-246 , September 2000

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