Medicaid Expansion Boosts Hospital Bottom Lines — And Prices

(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News)

The Medicaid expansion promoted by the Affordable Care Act was a boon for St. Mary’s Medical Center, the largest hospital in western Colorado. Since 2014, the number of uninsured patients it served dropped by more than half, saving the nonprofit hospital more than $3 million a year.

But the Grand Junction hospital’s prices did not go down.  Continue reading article here…

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