Fresh from battling the White House and Republicans in Congress over a now-sidelined repeal of the Affordable Care Act, the nation’s hospitals are ramping up for a new fight to keep lucrative pharmaceutical subsidies. A Trump administration proposal that could take effect in 2018 would cut a subsidy Medicare has given certain hospitals for drugs they buy and administer to patients, such as cancer medications. The subsidy is designed to help hospitals that serve a large number of uninsured patients. The Trump...

Source: Wall Street Journal July 19, 2017 18:33 UTC