Leaders of more than 250 hospitals call on Congress to stop Medicaid cuts

Members of America's Essential Hospitals are among more than 250 hospitals and health systems that have called on Congress to halt "crippling" cuts to Medicaid funding for care of the uninsured and other vulnerable patients.In a Dec. 2 letter to House and Senate lawmakers, hospital leaders said statutory cuts to Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) funding - more than $18 billion through 2019 - "simply cannot be justified," now that about half the states have rejected Medicaid coverage expansion.