fah hospital policy blog

Medicare is no benchmark for value judging hospital payments

Leads to Massive Funding Cuts, Extensive Job Losses

FAH President and CEO Chip Kahn released the following statement on the introduction of Medicare X legislation:

Today, the consulting firm Navigant released a study showing that government-run health care proposals, like Medicare for All, would directly result in financial stress on hospitals. This comes on the heels of a study from FAH and AHA that found a Medicare public option could have a significant impact on patient access to care by leading to the largest ever cut to hospital funding – nearly $800 billion.