How the idiot Rethug "governors" of FL & TX (2 Ricks) will cost billions from shunning Medicaid
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How Rick Scott And Rick Perry Could Cost Hospitals Billions[/font]
The nation’s state and local public hospitals may face an increase of more than $50 billion in the costs of uncompensated care by 2019 if states decide against participating in an expansion of the Medicaid health insurance program for the poor.
The giant price tag to safety net hospitals for patients who are unable to pay their medical bills comes from a new analysis from the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems. The association said the study puts “a dollar figure” on the additional cost of uncompensated care following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. ....
“Congress certainly didn’t foresee this level of uninsured and uncompensated care when it enacted the (Affordable Care Act),” said Dr. Bruce Siegel, president of the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems.
It’s unclear exactly how many states will forego the Medicaid expansion, but Republican Governors like Florida’s Rick Scott and Texas’ Rick Perry have publicly said they won’t participate in the Medicaid expansion partly because of eventual costs to their states for increasing coverage. The Perry and Scott moves have been endorsed by Mitt Romney, next Tuesday’s GOP standard-bearer in the election for the presidency, who has said he wants to see the health law repealed. ....
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