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ACA repeal would drop healthcare spending by nearly $146 billion

Modern Healthcare: A repeal of the Affordable Care Act would reduce healthcare spending by more than $145 billion in 2019 and cause people to seek an additional $88 billion in uncompensated care, according to a recent study by the non-partisan Urban Institute. Hospitals would be hit hardest. Their spending would drop by $59 billion in 2019 and they would likely shoulder $24.6 billion more in charity care. John Holahan, a fellow at the institute who worked on the paper, believes ACA repeal would overwhelm providers. “You can't say that providers won't figure out a way but it's just hard to see,” he said. The study shows that physician practices would see a reduction of about $20 billion in spending and there would be $32 billion less spent on prescription drugs.

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