Some safety-net hospitals have seen their funding cut recently. With the affordable care act going into effect they lost a majority of their government funding. This was designed to be offset by an offset in medicare expansion. However, the Supreme Court ruled that states can opt out of this expansion. As a result many in the lower class are feeling the effects.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/09/health/cuts-in-hospital-subsidies-threaten-safety-net-care.html?ref=us&_r=0
What do you think of the Supreme Court ruling? This seems to be an example of a efficiency-equity trade off. Do you think that states should exercise this new option?
I know the ACA still has some major kinks that need to be filled out, but something has got to be done so that people as well as hospitals are not left in this predicament.
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DeleteI agree with India, this shouldn't prevent people with emergencies or those who were in the hospital prior to this happening to affect he treatment they can receive while in the hospital.
DeleteThis was an eye opening article about the current healthcare situation in America. The government programs like Medicaid don't cover all of the medical costs and there have been drastic cuts in hospital subsidies. Employers are trying to cut costs by hiring more part-time workers and doctors are only required to treat immediate life threatening illnesses for free. The health law still leaves so many people with in-affordable health care.
ReplyDeletejust unacceptable once again the poor are being put in a situation where they don't have an equal opportunity and in result is going to leave many families heart broken because they are losing loved ones.
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