Medicare and Medicaid provide disproportionate-share payments to hospitals whose patients are mostly publicly insured or uninsured. State and local taxes help pay for additional charity care and safety-net programs provided through public hospitals and local health departments. Uninsured individuals have access to acute care through a federal law that requires most hospitals to treat all patients requiring emergency care. ACA decreased funding to federally qualified health centers

Medicare and Medicaid provide disproportionate-share payments to hospitals whose patients are mostly publicly insured or uninsured. State and local taxes help pay for additional charity care and safety-net programs provided through public hospitals and local health departments. Uninsured individuals have access to acute care through a federal law that requires most hospitals to treat all patients requiring emergency care. ACA decreased funding to federally qualified health centers

Microeconomic Theory

12th Edition

ISBN:9781337517942

Author:NICHOLSON

Publisher:NICHOLSON

Chapter18: Asymmetric Information

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 18.9P

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