Contrary to Ohio Hospital Association (OHA) claims that the Ohio General Assembly must expand Medicaid to fund care for the poor, most of the hospital lobby’s members would have recorded positive net income in 2011 even with no charity care offsets. President Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), a central component of which… Continue reading Ohio Hospitals Would Net Millions Without Charity Care Funding
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Ohio Hospital Association Cannot Justify Medicaid Expansion
According to the Ohio Hospital Association, the state legislature’s refusal to expand Medicaid would mean “endangering access to vital health care for their constituents.” President Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) phases out subsidies for charity care, but a review of IRS filings reveals that most of Ohio’s largest nonprofit hospitals would have netted millions in… Continue reading Ohio Hospital Association Cannot Justify Medicaid Expansion