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• Health care or services provided by hospitals or health care providers that don't get reimbursed. Often uncompensated care arises when people don't have insurance and cannot afford to pay the cost of care.

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  Cite Definition for Uncompensated Care

  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Uncompensated Care. (n.d.). HealthCare.gov Glossary. Retrieved February 1, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/uncompensated-care.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Uncompensated Care. HealthCare.gov Glossary. U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/uncompensated-care (accessed: February 1, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Uncompensated Care." HealthCare.gov Glossary. U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. 1 February. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/uncompensated-care.

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