STAT+: $775 billion, $1.2 billion, and $38k
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This is the online version of STAT’s weekly email newsletter Health Care Inc.&#x A0;Sign up here. Hello, diligent HCI readers! I hope everyone enjoyed their Memorial Day weekends. We’ve got a lot of numbers in today’s edition. Get out your abacus. And tell me if you want more or less math in here: bob.herman@statnews.com. $775 billion Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Republicans’ recent tax law targets supplemental Medicaid funds that have increasingly propped up hospitals. The cuts are expected to be even bigger than originally forecast, which almost assuredly will provoke an opposition campaign from hospitals.Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…