We look at the impact of uninsured patients’ health care costs.

In the latest edition of San Diego Explained, our Scott Lewis and NBC 7 San Diego’s Catherine Garcia bring you the case of an uninsured local patient whose health care has cost Scripps $1.8 million so far. Also, they explore what he has to do with the federal health care reform law and your health care costs.

Watch the video below for the breakdown:

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Dagny Salas is the web editor at Voice of San Diego. You can contact her directly at dagny.salas@voiceofsandiego.org or 619.550.5669.

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Dagny Salas was web editor at Voice of San Diego from 2010 to 2013. She was an investigative fellow at VOSD from 2009 to 2010.

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