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One man cut his finger while trying to separate two frozen hamburger patties. One woman was scraped by tree branches while riding her mule. A child who’d had her face painted at a party developed a rash.
They were among the Americans who visited emergency rooms in 2014, according to government statistics. And they — like the 59-year-old woman who tripped over toys in her garage — are part of the reason emergency-room use has remained consistent for the past decade, despite the growth of walk-in medical clinics and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
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