US EditionSeeking spending cuts, GOP lawmakers target a tax hospitals love to pay
- Lincoln Health operates the only hospital in Colorado's eastern plains county with fewer than 6,000 residents and struggles financially despite existing over a decade.
- The hospital’s financial stability is partially supported by special taxes on providers, which contribute to state Medicaid funding that is supplemented by federal matching funds.
- These provider taxes help Colorado expand Medicaid under the ACA, covering 400,000 more adults and reducing uninsured hospital visits, which benefits hospitals like Lincoln.
- In the previous year, Lincoln contributed half a million dollars through provider taxes but received upwards of $3.6 million in additional Medicaid funding, which represented roughly 15% of its overall budget, according to CEO Kevin Stansbury.
- Republicans controlling Congress seek to cut Medicaid’s nearly $900 billion budget by potentially eliminating provider taxes to fund Trump’s tax cuts, risking major impacts on hospitals and Medicaid expansion.
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Seeking Spending Cuts, GOP Lawmakers Target a Tax Hospitals Love To Pay
On the eastern plains of Colorado, in a county of less than 6,000 people, Lincoln Health runs the only hospital within a 75-minute drive. The facility struggles financially, given its small size and the area’s tiny population. But for over a decade, the Hugo, Colorado-based health system has remained afloat partially thanks to a surprising source: special taxes on the state’s hospitals. The taxes Lincoln pays help cover the state’s Medicaid cost…
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