Healthcare worries for the poor

This article is from one year ago but is no less relevant than any newly written article as it poses the question of healthcare reform and helping the poor. The authors of this article focus on BMC hospital in Boston and their concerns that riembursment must be payed to hospitals for medicaid relief. At the time the article was written BMC was promised to be reimbursed only 64 cents to every dollar they spent which raises the fear that hospitals might start turning away patients or denying them expensive but necessary treatment for others that may be less effective and less costly. They called for Governer Patrick to recognize that quality healthcare must also include complete coverage for medicaid reimbursement to the hospitals to prevent patients from being denied treatment inorder for Massachusetts to be an appropriate model for healthcare reform.


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