Tradeoffs

How Pushing Hospitals to Give Away More Free Care Could Backfire


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With high health bills drowning patients in debt, some lawmakers want nonprofit hospitals to give away more free care. But experts warn that could wind up being worse for patients. 


Guests:

Ge Bai, PhD, CPA, Professor of Accounting at Carey Business School, Professor of Health Policy at Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University 

Jill Horwitz, PhD, JD, MPP, David Sanders Professor of Law and Medicine and Founding Faculty Director, Lowell Milken Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofits, UCLA

Donna Lynne, DrPH, Denver Health CEO

Bruce Siegel, MD, MPH, President and CEO of America’s Essential Hospitals

Gary Young, PhD, JD, Director of the Center for Health Policy and Healthcare Research at Northeastern University 


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