Republicans political effort to cut Obama’s signature Healthcare Bill’s benefits has had things begin to land in the lap of the countries hospital’s Emergency Rooms…
Those hospital’s ARE gonna lose money since they will have to provide care without getting paid….
In addtion?
High cost procedure’s are being put off …..
Trump want’s to just give people cash , $2,500 instead of ANY health insurance, which off course would just NOT work, since the money Darin would cause even MORE insurance loses…..
People voted for this?
Maybe some of the money Trump wants to spend on going to Mars might be better spent on healthcare?
The Trump economy further goes in the toilet with healthcare coverage cuts….
More and more uninsured patients are showing up in hospital emergency rooms and clinics, having lost their coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
Executives running some of the biggest hospital systems, including large for-profit chains spanning many states, expressed concern over the unexpectedly sharp rise in uninsured patients and the costs associated with treating them.
And many executives said that the hospitals were also reporting more unpaid medical bills and providing more in the way of charity care. Some hospital systems also found that patients were forgoing or postponing lucrative elective surgeries like knee replacements in recent months.
The significant increase in uninsured patients, about 20 percent in some cases, was disclosed in earnings reports in the past week and interviews with nonprofit hospital groups. Major hospital officials expressed growing unease over lost revenues amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars across the country’s vast health systems.
Some executives attributed the diminishing numbers to the decision by congressional Republicans to end the more generous subsidies, or tax credits, that were initially put in place during the Covid pandemic and helped many people pay their monthly insurance premiums. While the vast majority of people enrolled in an A.C.A. plan this year still receive a federal subsidy, the federal assistance is less generous. People are paying significantly more for a plan in 2026, on average, and anyone making more than four times the federal poverty level — $62,600 for an individual — no longer qualified for help.
Since the beginning of the year, enrollment in Obamacare has dropped by about three million, or 13 percent, according to the latest government figures. Insurance companies expect even more people to drop their A.C.A. plans.
The Trump administration has described the falloff largely as a result of its crackdown on fraud. But many people covered by Obamacare said they were struggling to afford the monthly costs, according to a survey by KFF, the health research group.
The rise in unpaid bills underscores the difficult financial strains facing many families.
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