Becker's Healthcare January 23, 2025
Republican lawmakers have outlined significant Medicare cuts, which include implementing site-neutral payments, eliminating funding for hospital bad debts and reducing uncompensated care funding. Hospitals’ access to special Medicare payment classifications could also be restricted to limit costs.
Patients
Medicare cuts often cause health systems to either shut their doors or begin denying care for certain patients. Medicare physician payment has effectively declined 26% since 2001, causing several major health systems to drop patients. This causes patients to have to find new health systems, or travel even further to receive care.
Additionally, following cuts, several health systems, both large and small, have had to close their doors for good, jeopardizing care in certain regions.
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