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Episode Synopsis
With high health bills drowning patients in debt, some lawmakers want nonprofit hospitals to give away more free care. But experts warn that could wind up being worse for patients. Guests:Ge Bai, PhD, CPA, Professor of Accounting at Carey Business School, Professor of Health Policy at Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University Jill Horwitz, PhD, JD, MPP, David Sanders Professor of Law and Medicine and Founding Faculty Director, Lowell Milken Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofits, UCLADonna Lynne, DrPH, Denver Health CEOBruce Siegel, MD, MPH, President and CEO of America’s Essential HospitalsGary Young, PhD, JD, Director of the Center for Health Policy and Healthcare Research at Northeastern University Learn more and read a full transcript on our website.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter.Follow us on X, LinkedIn and Youtube. Email us at [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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