Slacks implies pants of certain materials which are not part of a suit (jeans are not slacks, and you would not refer to the pair of trousers that came with a suit as slacks.) It is also more common to use slacks to refer to pants worn by women, while men would wear trousers.
Health care safety net providers are those that have a legal mandate or mission to offer medical care to all patients, regardless of their ability to pay, and have a substantial number of patients who are uninsured or on Medicaid.
Reprints & Permissions. An earlier version of this story misstated the ability of uninsured Americans to pay their hospital bills. 1  By Richard J. Carson, for USA TODAY On average, uninsured families pay only about 12% of their hospital bills in full, a government study finds. By Richard J. Carson, for USA TODAY. On average, uninsured families pay only about 12% of their hospital bills in full, a government study finds.