CMW News: Hospitals could see fewer tax breaks
Case Management Weekly, July 15, 2009
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Senators working on healthcare legislation or considering lessening the billions of dollars in tax breaks that go to nonprofit U.S. hospitals.
The senators contend that the charity care these hospitals provide is not reflective of the big tax breaks they receive. They say that healthcare reform would reduce the number of uninsured individuals and corresponding need for hospitals to take on the burden of charity care.
Hospitals counter that healthcare reform is unlikely to provide health insurance for everyone and that they will still need to provide care for the uninsured. Hospitals also say that providing charity care currently is difficult because they, like other U.S. industries, have been hit hard by the recession.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
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