Collectively, the state’s hospitals create 585,000 jobs, about one in 10 in Pennsylvania, according to the report.
Non-profit hospitals alone provided a $5.1 billion community benefit: $1 billion in charity care, $2 billion in Medicare and Medicaid discounts, $250 million in other health subsidies, $92 million in community health improvement services and programs, $627 million to train and educate healthcare professionals, nearly $975 in research and $91 million in community contributions and activities.
The report notes cuts from the health law and the sequester will trim about $9.5 billion in payments to Pennsylvania hospitals over 10 years, citing the figures in its call for Gov. Tom Corbett to expand Medicaid to more low-income residents. He is one of several Republican governors on the fence about the health law’s expansion provision.
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