Northwestern Medical Center Inc — 经济援助与慈善医疗

(b) The financial assistance policy shall: ... (2) provide free or discounted care to Vermont residents and to individuals who live in Vermont at the time the services are delivered but who lack stable permanent housing, as follows: (A) for an uninsured patient with household income at or below 250 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL), a 100 percent discount from the amount generally billed for the services received, resulting in free care; (B) for an uninsured patient with household income between 250 and 400 percent FPL, a minimum of a 40 percent discount from the amount generally billed for the services received; ... (E) for patients with household income at or below 600 percent FPL, catastrophic assistance in the event that the large health care facility's medical bills for a patient's care exceed 20 percent of the patient's household income, in which case the facility shall reduce the amount due from the patient to 20 percent of the patient's household income;