Federal stimulus funding helped bolster hospitals flooded nationwide with uninsured Americans who lost their jobs in the recession, according to a study by the Center for Studying Health System Change.
The report found that without stimulus funds, many Americans would have lost Medicaid coverage when states reduced spending.
It warned that state and local budgets are unlikely to recover before increased stimulus funding for the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage and Disproportionate Share Hospitals runs out.
Read the Center for Studying Health System Change’s study on uninsured patients.
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