Jun. 9 at 4:37 PM
America’s Essential Hospitals (AEH): One Big Beautiful (spending) Bill would increase hospitals’ annual uncompensated care costs by at ~
$42.4B from 2025’s est'd baseline (
$21.7B from Medicaid payment shortfalls &
$20.6B from caring for the uninsured)
Projected cost increases for hospitals would generally increase w/ each year, w/ a particularly substantial jump as 2027’s
$10B total more than doubles in 2028
“Although essential hospitals acct for just 5% of hospitals nationally, we est that they would bear a~25% of the added hospital unpaid costs of care. This would amount to an additional
$10.7B in cuts to essential hospitals in 2034”
CBO predicts 10.9M people would no longer have health insurance in 2034 under provisions of the current bill
Also, at issue for hospitals & payers alike are premium tax credits for marketplace plans set to expire this year.
CBO predicts another 4.2M more people would be without health insurance in 2034 should they not be renewed
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