Medicaid Aids Rural Hospitals Struggling with Funds

13 Mar Medicaid Aids Rural Hospitals Struggling with Funds

Kaiser Health News has profiled how Medicaid payments have aided rural hospitals in staying afloat despite tough financial times and high expense of maternal care.

“Medicaid covers nearly 24 percent of rural, nonelderly residents and offers some financial stability to rural facilities by reducing uncompensated care costs at hospitals that would otherwise be in dire straits. In some cases, it enables them to provide costly but vital services, such as high-risk maternity care.”