Hospitals Reconsider Charity Care For People Who Decline ACA Coverage

Hospitals reconsider charity care for those who decline coverage. "As more Americans gain insurance under the federal health law, hospitals are rethinking their charity programs, with some scaling back help for those who could have signed up for coverage but didn’t. The move is prompted by concerns that offering free or discounted care to low-income uninsured patients might dissuade them from getting government-subsidized coverage."Julie Appleby in Kaiser Health News and The Washington Post