Talk to me about Hospitals, Medicaid, and Money

Hey all, I've been thinking about hospitals, medicaid, and money quite a bit lately and have come up on lots of things that I don't know. 1) What is the "cost" to doctors, both hidden and up front, in taking medicaid patients? What about if they work for a hospital? Is there a difference if they are salaried vs in a eat-what-you-kill model? Essentially, I have heard that doctors take "losses" from taking low-SES patients due to medicaid, so I would like to learn more about what the... Talk to me about Hospitals, Medicaid, and Money
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