Cross-Subsidies: Hospitals shield...
Cross-Subsidies: Hospitals shield against healthcare reform

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Episode notes

Hospitals often use profitable services, like orthopedics, to prop-up unprofitable services, like emergency care. In this episode, Jared Rhoads explains how such cross-subsidization not only distorts healthcare prices, but also why we should challenge hospitals' use of cross-subsidization as a justification to prevent much needed market reforms in healthcare.

Check out Jared Rhoads' article on hospital cross-subsidization here.

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