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Hospitals across the state agreed in 2009 to the arrangement California o tap billions more per year in taxpayer dollars to support the Cedars-Sinai Health System cal Los Angeles l.
Some of those hospit California g a greater share of Medicaid patients are in dire financial need and face cutbacks and potential closures.
Madera Community Hospital shuttered last year.
2009 pital tax revenue allows hospitals t billions emselves to draw in federal money for Medi-Cal.
Hospital Medicaid greater share of Medi-Cal ome patients pay a higher tax than wealthier systems.
Ce Medi-Cal ai paid nearly $172 million in taxes in 2022, eclipsing the $151 million it got back in additional Medi Cal dollars.
Last year, California’s California paid at least $10 billion more for labor, supplies, and other Gavin Newsom an the year Democratic Hospital leaders say exorbitant costs and inflation have created extreme financial woes.
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