Governor Doyle has threatened the hospitals in Wisconsin by stating they would receive no Medicaid rate increase unless they accepted his 1% of gross revenue hospital tax proposal.
The Wisconsin Hospital Association is opposed to the tax with a chief reason being their fear that the additional Federal money that would flow into the state as the result of this “tax” would not go entirely to the hospitals. They also stated that the acceptance of the Governor’s proposal in this instance would cause such an approach to become the approach of choice for years to come.
The assessment would generate some $202.5 million in 2008 with only $136.9 million going back to the hospitals, and would generate some $212.7 million in 2009 with $147.3 going back to hospitals.
It seems obvious that the hospitals have every right to be concerned even in the face of the Governor’s threat.
By the way, does anyone have any idea where all this newfound money will come from? Of course. We all pay our taxes to the U.S. and the state; and any hospital shortfalls will be collected from those who use those facilities.
We citizens just seem to have really deep pockets…at least to the Governor!
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