Saturday, September 27, 2014

Hospitals will save $5.7 billion this year because of Obamacare

www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/24/1332178/-Hospitals-will-save-5-7-billion-this-year-because-of-nbsp-Obamacare
"Take the example of Texas, where annual uncompensated care is $5.5 billion—almost as much as has been saved nationwide by Obamacare. It's seen a bit of improvement because of new Obamacare enrollees, but Gov. Rick Perry's refusal to expand Medicaid is costing the state—and the state's taxpayers—dearly. Property tax revenues are used to keep hospitals running. The state could receive as much as $100 billion in federal funds in the next decade, with expansion. That's something the state's hospitals and its taxpayers would happily accept."