They lose that reimbursement, and that means that that very slim margin that is the difference between operating in the black and operating in the red is gone. And These hospitals, some of which are holding on right now by their fingernails, end up closing. when they close. They don't just close for Medicaid patients, they close for everybody. So anybody who's feeling chest pains and needs emergency medical care right now is just out of luck. (46:46–46:54)
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Asserts that some hospitals are barely surviving financially and would close without Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement.
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