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Texas hospitals feeling the long-term financial strains of Harvey

Texas hospitals may feel the financial burdens of Harvey for months to come — both through uncompensated care and patients postponing elective procedures.
A patient is evacuated from the Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas after Hurricane Harvey.

Texas hospitals canceled surgeries, evacuated patients, and closed for days because of Hurricane Harvey. They sank millions of dollars into not caring for patients as a measure of precaution.

More than a month after Harvey made landfall, administrators at the roughly two dozen hospitals that evacuated in the eastern part of the state have now reopened their doors to patients. But some may feel the financial

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