title: Rob hospitals to pay poor. Hospital and system executives say Bush's plan for uninsured threatens their fiscal stability; insurers, some docs endorse it.
abstract: President's Bush's plan to offer tax deductions for healthcare premiums along with shifting disproportionate-share funds to the states drew howls from hospital executives who say their institutions can't afford that approach. John Bluford, left, of Truman Medical Centers in Kansas City, Mo., says the plan could have a "potentially devastating effect" on hospitals and their patients.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lubell
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zigmond
mesh_terms: D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D035082:Federal Government; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008484:Medicaid / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011203:Poverty; D020444:Reimbursement, Disproportionate Share / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013219:State Government; D019464:Tax Exemption / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017664:Uncompensated Care / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States