Nonprofit Hospitals Come Under Congressional Scrutiny

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Article Date: 31 Mar 2010 - 3:00 PDT



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The Hill: A bipartisan effort is being made in Congress to crack down on nonprofit hospitals that refuse to offer charity care. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) are leading the effort.

"Grassley has tried for years to compel tax-exempt hospitals to provide a level of charity care that merits the tax breaks they receive. Rush entered the fray last year when he discovered that a tax-exempt hospital in his district, the University of Chicago Medical Center, refused to care for uninsured or poor patients, a practice known as patient-dumping. ... As lawmakers seek revenue to fund their priorities, tax-exempt organizations could go under the congressional microscope to see whether the services they provide are different from those of their for-profit counterparts. If there is little distinction, these organizations stand to lose their tax status" (Heflin, 3/29).

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Good Luck To The Hording Disorder

posted by steve on 31 Mar 2010 at 11:37 am

It's all about greed. Only the few are getting to heaven, in their minds. Therefore no poor are allowed to come through the doors of their hospitals. If poor do go through the doors, they end up paying to the point of bankruptcy.

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