New report projects a $5.7 billion drop in hospitals’ uncompensated care costs because of the Affordable Care Act

New report projects a $5.7 billion drop in hospitals’ uncompensated care costs because of the Affordable Care Act

New report projects a $5.7 billion drop in hospitals’ uncompensated care costs because of the Affordable Care Act

Hospitals in states that have expanded Medicaid will receive about 74 percent of the total savings nationally

A report released today by the Department of Health and Human Services projects that hospitals will save $5.7 billion this year in uncompensated care costs because of the Affordable Care Act, with states that have expanded Medicaid seeing about 74 percent of the total savings nationally compared to states that have not expanded Medicaid.

Read more about today's announcement.