HHS: ACA Caused $7.4B Drop In Hospital Uncompensated Care Costs

Hospitals spent an estimated $7.4 billion less on uncompensated care costs in 2014 than they would have if coverage stayed at its 2013 level -- a 21 percent drop in the cost of treating uninsured and underinsured patients, according to an HHS report released Monday (March 23). Medicaid expansion states saved more than twice as much as those that did not expand, with $5 billion in savings and a 26 percent reduction in spending compared to $2.4 billion saved and...