How Much Would The Texas State Employee Health Plan Save At 200% of Medicare?

Visualizing the Impact of the Hospital Payment Caps

The Hospital Payment Cap Simulator provides anyone from policymakers to researchers with insights into how much state employee plans across the US could save from hospital payment caps and the impact on commercial hospital operating margins. Read the instructions below to learn how to use the tool. 

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They Were Entitled to Free Care – Hospitals Hounded Them to Pay

More than half the nation’s roughly 5,000 hospitals are nonprofits like Providence. They enjoy lucrative tax exemptions; Providence avoids more than $1 billion a year in taxes. In exchange, the Internal Revenue Service requires them to provide services, such as free care for the poor, that benefit the communities in which they operate.

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