This Budget Cut Would Save Medicare Patients Money. But Can Rural Hospitals Afford It?

Medicare often pays clinics owned by hospitals double the amount it pays independent clinics for the exact same medical care. Ending that practice could save the federal government up to $150 billion over 10 years, but critics say it could push rural hospitals over the brink.

Guests:

Tim Rye, chief strategic development officer, Peterson Health

Carrie Cochran-McClain, chief policy officer, National Rural Health Association

Loren Adler, fellow and associate director at the Center on Health Policy, Brookings Institution

Dean Clancy, senior health policy fellow, Americans for Prosperity

Ali Moghtaderi, assistant professor of health policy and management, Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University.

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