Trump Admin to Pay Hospitals to <br />Treat Uninsured Coronavirus Patients According to reports, <br />a federal stimulus package will be <br />used to make the payments. The plan <br />could be released as early as Friday. Federal government payments <br />made to hospitals will be conditional. In order to receive stimulus funds, <br />hospitals will not be allowed to bill <br />uninsured patients or generate unexpected charges. Standard practice mandates <br />that uninsured patients treated at <br />hospitals pay the difference between cost <br />of care and what the government pays. This practice would not be allowed<br />under the new guidelines. The Trump Administration has been <br />criticized for not allowing special crisis <br />enrollment into the Affordable Care Act, <br />also known as Obamacare. According to a 2007 report, <br />should the coronavirus pandemic <br />reach historical proportions, U.S. <br />hospitals could see a loss of $3.9 billion.
