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0 pointsrefurb7y ago0 comments

This is both for both Medicare and Medicaid (which is notorious for underpaying)[1]:

In 2015, $58.7 billion in Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement shortfalls and high uncompensated care costs affected hospital revenue cycles, the AHA found.

[1]https://revcycleintelligence.com/news/medicaid-medicare-reim...

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maxxxxx7y ago· 1 in thread

So let’s raise rates by these 58.7 billion so hospitals don’t lose money. That’s small change compared to how much the country spends on medical.

refurbOP7y ago

OK, then that $2T saved in the first decade ($200B per year), get significantly lowered, if the number is to be believed at all.

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