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Kevin Hern: “When you look at the tax exempt benefit for many hospitals…”

Featuring: Kevin Hern, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 1st Congressional District

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Rep. Hern Questions Health Systems CEOs on Site-Neutrality Payment Policies in Ways & Means Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 04:41

You would. I obviously haven't looked at your financials, and I'll take you at your word since you're, you're testifying here. But that's not the case for all. When you look at the tax exempt benefit for many hospitals across the country where their tax benefit, whether it's local, state or federal, doesn't meet that same community standard, which is by and large some of the reasons the tax exempt status is questioned from time to time or quite often, actually. So again, maybe you're the model for the rest of the country or for maybe everybody else that's up here, but it's certainly a real problem for many communities across America, and that's why they get questioned. (04:41–04:59)

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Asserts that many hospitals' tax benefits do not meet community standards, leading to frequent questioning of their tax-exempt status.

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