Here's another nail in the coffin of the case for repealing Obamacare. Two of the major players in the healthcare industry—hospitals and insurance companies—are getting a much bigger stake in the law as they foresee profits under it. HCA Holdings Inc. (HCA), the largest for-profit hospital chain, yesterday raised its forecast and reported a 6.6 percent drop in uninsured patients at its 165 hospitals, a reduction that grows to 48 percent in four states that expanded Medicaid, a top initiative of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Insurers, Hospitals Enjoying The Profit Of obamacare
rss@dailykos.com (Joan McCarter), Daily Kos
Thu, 07/31/2014 - 8:47am
Topics: hca holdings inc hca medicaid patient protection affordable care act wellpoint inc wlp obamacare s les funtleyder esquared lifepoint hospitals inc lpnt unitedhealth group inc unh medicare republicans d.c circuit obamacare obamacare profit raised means forecast good insurer insurance companies yesterday people chain largest percent
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