House seeks to help community hospitals with $450M assessment on insurers, large hospitals

A House bill that would assist struggling community hospitals by levying $450 million in new assessments on insurers and large hospitals over the next three years will be debated Tuesday. The provision would seek $330 million from insurers and $120 million from larger hospitals over three years to fund grants for community hospitals. “It is an infusion of cash for them to do things that will make them more viable,” said state Rep. Ron Mariano, majority leader of the House, in an interview with…
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