Why don government payers treat safety-net hospitals differently?
The state s approach to recognizing the disproportionate amount of care provided by safety-net hospitals to low-income Pennsylvanians is both antiquated and inadequate. A major part of SNAP’s job is to create awareness of the special challenges that safety-net hospitals face and the special needs they have as a result. SNAP also advocates vigorously for Medical Assistance reimbursement policies that direct more state resources to where they are needed most: the safety-net hospitals that are doing the most to care for low-income and uninsured Pennsylvanians.
