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Investigations and health policy for the @nytimes. I like reading your medical bills. Got a tip? sarah.kliff@nytimes.com or DM for Signal

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    1. Sarah Kliff‏Verified account @sarahkliff 15 May 2020

      The biggest challenge facing hospitals right now isn't the lost revenue in recent months (which is, by all means, a significant challenge on its own). The biggest challenge is a shift in the insurance landscape, that is already underway. A thread (1/9):

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    2. Sarah Kliff‏Verified account @sarahkliff 15 May 2020

      About 27 million Americans may have lost their private health insurance in recent months, per one @KFF analysis. Most of those people will do one of two things: enroll on Medicaid, or become uninsured (2/9)

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    3. Sarah Kliff‏Verified account @sarahkliff 15 May 2020

      Medicaid typically pays lower prices than private insurance. Hospitals have built entire business models around the high prices that private insurance pays, sometimes 10 times as high as Medicaid. (3/9)

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    4. Sarah Kliff‏Verified account @sarahkliff 15 May 2020

      One hospital in Montana told me they've already seen a 1 percent increase in Medicaid patients — and that translates into $600,000 in lost revenue (this is a hospital that is used to getting really good high rates from private insurers, 6x Medicare). (4/9)

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    5. Sarah Kliff‏Verified account @sarahkliff 15 May 2020

      Moody's estimates that hospitals' share of revenue coming from Medicaid increased 17 percent in the last recession — and that was with significantly less job loss than what we're seeing now. (5/9)

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    6. Sarah Kliff‏Verified account @sarahkliff 15 May 2020

      In recessions, Medicare — the program that covers the elderly — often acts as a stabilizing force. Retired Americans are somewhat insulated from an economic downturn. Not this time: the elderly are often being told to social distance longer, more nervous to seek care (6/9)

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    7. Sarah Kliff‏Verified account @sarahkliff 15 May 2020

      All of this is to say that the American health care system is in for a world of tumult. It's not necessarily the tumult we expected a few months ago, of overwhelmed facilities stretched to capacity. (7/9)

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    8. Sarah Kliff‏Verified account @sarahkliff 15 May 2020

      It is the tumult of an industry used to constant growth — prices that always go up, revenue that always increases — confronting a world where that isn't true. As @DavidBlumenthal told me: “Health care has always been viewed as recession-proof, but it’s not pandemic-proof." (8/9)

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      Sarah Kliff‏Verified account @sarahkliff 15 May 2020

      You can read more about this shift in my new story today. (And if you have a good story to share in this space, let me know! DMs are always open, or sarah.kliff@nytimes.com) (9/9)https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/15/us/hospitals-revenue-coronavirus.html …

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        1. Sarah Kliff‏Verified account @sarahkliff 15 May 2020

          Bonus tweet: We've asked hospitals to run themselves as businesses. We don't do that with our fire departments, or our electric grids. A lot of what is playing out right now in health care is a direct consequence of that policy decision. (10/9)

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        1. David Cutler‏ @Cutler_econ 15 May 2020
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          I had similar thoughts:https://www.wsj.com/video/why-the-health-care-sector-may-not-rebound-to-its-former-size/494A32BB-2B64-44A3-BD33-50358DBB7B44.html …

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        1. KathieIsBack 🆘‏ @is_kathie 15 May 2020
          Replying to @sarahkliff @Cruellaisdevine

          So who FIRST thought it was a good idea to profit off someone's illness or injury ?? I can understand keeping the lights on, but it always gets to the point of "give an inch, take a yard" !! This headline points that out.

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        1. Andrew Kelly‏ @askellyphd 15 May 2020
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          @sarahkliff in the comparison between Hopkins and Mayo, did you find different effects or impacts on Hopkins that resulted from operating under a global budget in Maryland? Are the losses, for example, mainly coming from their outpatient centers?

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        1. Sandy‏ @docladyblade 15 May 2020
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          Cut costs by getting rid of the 11 out of 12 administrators. Easy fix.

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        1. gennyepstein‏ @gennyepstein8 16 May 2020
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          Not sure if I want to get on a rant about Healthcare. Now that hospitals are in free fall trying to recoup their revenue losses....guess who's taking the full monty of "we're slashing your hrs, but do your job or else?" Nurses. Anyone contemplating nursing as a career? DON'T.

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        1. Jen Phillips April‏ @jenphillipsapri 16 May 2020
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          Sigh ~ why did the US ever think it was a good idea to let the insurance companies fund the healthcare system?

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