USA TODAY: Hospitals in states that expanded Medicaid to their poorest residents faced about $5 billion less in unpaid bills last year — about twice the reduction as those that did not expand this health care coverage, according to a new federal report…
Hospitals provided more than $50 billion in uncompensated care in 2013, an amount that is only partly offset by the government.
In addition to the impact on local, state and federal budgets, and doctors and hospitals, HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell noted, uncompensated care is covered by higher premiums for employer-provided insurance policies… (more)
EDITOR: The $50 billion figure is likely based upon fantasy pricing which is several times greater than what would be paid by Medicaid and perhaps twice as much as would be paid by insurance companies.
The is part of the bull s—t that Lancaster General tries to foist on the public.
