Senate Throws Out House’s Plans To Eliminate Some Hospital Funding
The Senate's bill to fund President Joe Biden's social spending package does not include cuts in Medicaid funding for hospitals that treat large numbers of low-income and uninsured patients in states that haven't expanded their Medicaid program. The House's bill reduced that funding because it noted the legislation would provide insurance to people who would have qualified for the expansion. Meanwhile, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), the chairman of the Finance Committee, asks Medicare to reduce its planned premium increase.