viders, and users of health care services sought and continue to develop and implement procedures and programs that will either stabilize costs or reduce the rate of increase of such costs. Health care services funded by government received special scrutiny. Indigent people are almost entirely dependent upon cost free or sliding scale fee health care services delivery. Thus, cost containment measures that affect the delivery of governmentally funded health care services tend to have a devastating impact on the accessibility of health care services to the homeless.
Governmentally funded health care providers are being overwhelmed by the numbers of indigent peopl
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