Maybe the existence of insurance played into the decision to admit or not to admit?
As I am a cynical old man, my first thought was identical to yours. Lucrative (from the hospital's viewpoint) medical insurance is more likely for Whites on average than for Black or Hispanic kids. Follow the money.
Probably
Those evil profit mongers < /sar >
Undoubtedly, coupled with the wussification of American kids. Parents, especially affluent parents, take their kids to emergency rooms when their kids get the sniffles.
That is almost certainly the case.
The hospitals know it is illegal not to provide care to uninsured people for serious emergencies.
And the cost of providing medical care to people, a large number of whom are the illegal foreign nationals, who do not have insurance and are not paying the hospitals for the medical services, is absolutely killing the hospitals and the insurance companies financially.
It actually helps financially to admit the insured folks for the lesser medical needs, as the insurance companies will actually pay agreed rates for the medical services and the hosptitals can cover somewhat the cost of providing the care to the illegals and others for whom little or no payment will be received.
Of course, insurance premiums and the pricing of the medical services are higher than they would have been absent the cost of having to provide the uncompensated care for the illegal foreign nationals.
Absolutely!
Our local hospital has a sign in the ER which says they will see medicaid patients in the Emergency Room, and will transfer medicaid patients to other hospitals, if they need to be admitted. The hospital does not admit medicaid patients.
The State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) is jointly financed by the Federal and State governments and is administered by the States. Within broad Federal guidelines, each State determines the design of its program, eligibility groups, benefit packages, payment levels for coverage, and administrative and operating procedures.
Maybe it’s the ability of the people to pay their hospital bill. I know of two hospitals in San Diego County that closed their doors because certain categories of politically correct people have been walking into the emergency rooms and availing themselves of free medical treatment that the hospitals can’t afford. The hospitals then go broke and close.