Closed hospital sign If the ACAshould be overturned, it would end up costing hospitals a lot ofmoney and exacerbate the problem of rural hospitals closing.(Photo: Shutterstock)

Politicians and the public are still arguing about the relativebenefits of the Affordable Care Act for the health care system, butpublic hospitals should be very grateful forthe ACA's existence.

According to a study on municipal hospitalcosts funded by the University of Illinois in Chicago's GovernmentFinance Research Center, since the ACA was upheld by the SupremeCourt in 2012, yields for short and medium-term health care bondshave fallen by 39 basis points.

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Marlene Satter

Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.

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