Hospital Systems Continue to Jump on the Urgent Care Bandwagon

Hospital Systems Continue to Jump on the Urgent Care Bandwagon

Whether itโ€™s due to changes in the healthcare insurance landscape, the habits of millennials, or just plain societal evolution, the public continues to recognize urgent care as a viable option more every yearโ€”reflected in the increasing number of centers around the country (up 10% since 2015, according to the Urgent Care Association of America). Hospitals were a little late to the party, but are making up for lost time by continuing to open their own …

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Tab for โ€˜Affordableโ€™ Care Act Jumps $136 Billion

Tab for โ€˜Affordableโ€™ Care Act Jumps $136 Billion

Six years after its inception, government forecasts concerning the cost of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or โ€œObamacareโ€) continue to climb. Now the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) says the bill over the next decade will be approximately 11% higher than predicted just a year agoโ€”thatโ€™s an extra $136 billion, for a total of $1.34 trillion over that time. The CBO chalks the greater cost up to higher-than-expected enrollment in the expanded Medicaid program established by …

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