Jackson Health System and other South Florida hospitals that provide a great deal of uncompensated care expressed relief on Thursday as the federal government preliminarily pledged $1 billion to cover low-income patients at safety-net hospitals in the state.
While the $1 billion in proposed Low-Income Pool money for the 2015-2016 fiscal year is down sharply from the $2.2 billion in funding for the current fiscal year ending June 30, that’s better than the state losing all of the money as some…
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