Statement of Cathy Bennett, NJHA President and CEO on FY 2020 State Budget Proposal
"That's vitally important to the health of
- In 2016, the most recent year data is available, our hospitals provided
$565 million in charity care services to individuals. With the Governor's proposed funding of$262 million ,New Jersey's hospitals will shoulder the burden of$303 million in unreimbursed care for our state's most vulnerable residents. - Meanwhile, the number of N.J. residents insured through the ACA's online marketplace has declined by 40,000 the last two years, and the state's uninsured rate is once again on the rise – from 7.7 percent in 2017, to 8 percent in 2018, to 9 percent today.
"NJHA and its members have embraced a mission of improving the health of the people of
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