Hospitals report 16% spike in free care costs

By Allison Bell

News August 04, 2026 at 04:50 PM

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Hospital company executives talked about seeing more uninsured patients during recent company earnings calls.
Kaufman Hall bases its reports on data from 1,300 hospitals.
In the Midwest, for the first five months of the year, the total amount of bad debt and charity care was up 25%.

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