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    Calculating the Financial Costs of Gun Shootings

    A new report puts a price tag on gun violence: $12 billion a year, including $1.4 billion to US taxpayers -- for Medicare and Medicaid payments to treat victims in emergency rooms. The Senate Judiciary Committee today began debate on gun safety proposals in the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    A new report puts a price tag on gun violence: $12 billion a year, including $1.4 billion to US taxpayers -- for Medicare and Medicaid payments to treat victims in emergency rooms. The Senate Judiciary Committee today began debate on gun safety proposals in the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre. Chairman Patrick Leahy, Democrat of Vermont, held up a piece from yesterday's USA Today on how gunshot wounds are driving up the cost of health care. We hear from Kelly Kennedy, who wrote the story, and from RAND analyst and former emergency room physician Art Kellermann.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Kerry Cavanaugh

      editorial writer at the Los Angeles Times

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

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      Kelly Kennedy

      USA Today

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      Art Kellermann

      RAND Corporation

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    Is Corporate Wealth Costing American Jobs?
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