Safety net hospitals hope to block billions in cuts to Medicaid

Unless Congress acts, on Oct. 1, health systems are looking at an $8 billion cut in the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital program. For America's Essential Hospitals, postponing those Medicaid cuts to hospitals are at the top of the group's agenda in Washington this year, she said. The program is supposed to be cut by $8 billion annually through 2027..