According to the Washington Post, nearly 45 hospitals have come together to collect a payment of $677.4M for previous treatments provided. These hospitals have spent years on their own and through the State Department trying to secure payment for specialty care provided to thousands of people from Kuwait.Massachusetts hospitals are leading the repayment effort, as they are owed nearly 25 percent of the total debt, according to the report. This is in part because, finally in June of this year, Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Massachusetts, aided these hospitals by being able to add an amendment seeking repayment into defense authorization legislation.
Financial pressures brought on by COVID-19 mean hospitals are feeling the debt more than usual. One hospital official told the Post the debt affects the institution’s overall outlook and ability to plan. The precise cause of the delayed payments is not clear.
Massachusetts, Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern, sheds some light on the matter:
Finally, Mr. McGovern told the Post, “There’s a thousand different excuses out there and none of it is resulting in our hospitals getting paid. Friends do not treat friends like this. All we’re saying is, ‘please pay and if not, we will look at further legislation that quite frankly won’t be as polite as the Sense of Congress resolution.”
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