Essential Hospital Leaders Call on Congress to Stop Medicaid DSH Cuts
Leaders of more than 250 hospitals and health systems nationally that care for uninsured and other vulnerable patients have urged
In a letter to
Hospitals that care for people who face economic and social hardships rely on DSH payments for some relief from uncompensated care costs. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) significantly cut DSH, assuming coverage expansion would reduce those costs. But with 19 states still opposing Medicaid expansion, uncompensated care costs remain high --
The DSH cuts, totaling
"Given the high levels of uncompensated care across the country--both in states that have expanded their Medicaid programs under the ACA and those that have not--Medicaid DSH cuts simply cannot be justified," the hospitals wrote. "In a time of substantial instability within the health care system, it is imperative that
The hospitals, members of America's Essential Hospitals and others, on
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