Scott Hulver
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Scott Hulver
@scotthulver.bsky.social
Health policy analyst @KFF.org focusing on hospital access, affordability, and costs. Paw-rent 🐶, nature lover, board game enthusiast. They/them
Medicare DSH = Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments
Medicare UCC = Uncompensated Care Payments

These are two of many ways that Medicare targets funds to hospitals.
July 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Within health care, some subsectors are particularly large - ambulatory health care services and hospitals are the 5th and 6th largest employers in the US.

www.kff.org/key-facts-ab...
July 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
In addition to 17M losing coverage, more people could be affected.

Hospitals are one of the largest employers and may need to layoff workers given cuts to Medicaid, etc. Fewer hospital workers could lead to reduced quality of care or access for everyone. www.kff.org/key-facts-ab...
July 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM