"During the 2012 presidential campaign, Mitt Romney like many of his GOP colleagues insisted that Americans without health insurance can always go to an emergency room. But for some with health coverage--especially Medicare--that ER is the "front door" to an unnecessary hospital admission. And as it turns out, while those filled beds and needless tests may do nothing for patient health, they are a boon to the bottom lines of America's burgeoning for-profit hospital chains.
That's the word from CBS 60 Minutes, which on Sunday spotlighted that disturbing practice:"
