Massachusetts Hospitals Gain Under ObamaCare

Massachusetts has managed to game the system once again:

The loophole:

Hospitals in Massachusetts will reap an annual windfall of $275 million due to a loophole enshrined in the new health care law … The disclosure was buried in a regulation that Medicare issued Monday.

Reactions:

Hospital association executives in other states are up in arms over the news, which comes at a time when they are girding for more cuts under the newly signed federal debt deal.

“If I could think of a better word than outrageous, I would come up with it,” said Steve Brenton, president of the Wisconsin Hospital Association.

Outcomes:

Hospitals in 41 states will lose money as result of the change. The biggest loser: New York, which is out $47.5 million.

Full article on Massachusetts hospital gains via Medicare regulation.

5 thoughts on “Massachusetts Hospitals Gain Under ObamaCare”

  1. So all hospitals in Massachusetts get compensated based on the high labor costs of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard hospitals. What a racket!

  2. Why is Massachusetts gettin all the breaks? The Mass Health plan was the creation of Republican Gov. Mitt Romney.

  3. I’m not saying that Mitt Romney had anything to do with this, but I would like to know what his thoughts are on it. He has probably made some kind of an effort to keep himself officially out of the loop.

    A lot of this can probably be put on Gov. Deval Patricks’ watch.

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