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Health June 29, 2026

Florida Hospitals Discharge Gun Violence Victims Promptly, Highlighting Insurance Disparities in Care

Florida Hospitals Discharge Gun Violence Victims Promptly, Highlighting Insurance Disparities in Care

Alea Bates was shot seven times at close range in December 2019 while making a food‑delivery run. Hospital records show that none of the bullets damaged her internal organs, but she required surgery and was left with severe pain, weakness and numbness in her left leg.

A dot plot showing the average hospital stay of gunshot wound patients admitted to Florida hospitals, grouped by hospital, and uninsured vs. private insurance vs. medicaid. Sorted by shortest average uninsured stay. Five handguns rest on a glass shelf at a gun shop. Ron DeSantis examines a Thompson submachine gun at a gun shop during his presidential run in 2023. A crowd of people watch behind him.

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