Maine hospitals’ uncompensated care costs would triple in 2019 without ACA, study finds

A repeal of the ACA without a suitable replacement would spell “financial disaster” for Maine’s hospitals and healthcare providers, according to a study from the Maine Center for Economic Policy.

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Here are four takeaways from the study.

1. In Maine, the non-elderly adult population without health insurance fell from 14.6

percent to 11.7 percent since the ACA passed.

2. More than 75,000 Maine residents are enrolled in an individual health insurance plan through the federal ACA marketplace, bringing some $390 million in federal subsidies annually to the state, according to the study.

3. A repeal of the ACA without a suitable replacement would cause 95,000 fewer Maine residents to have health insurance in 2019, the study states.

4. Additionally, without the ACA, uncompensated care costs for Maine health providers would triple, leading to additional costs of $475 million in 2019, according to the study.

 

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