Many New Jersey families will encounter new barriers to health insurance coverage

Legislation to create a community contribution fee that nonprofit hospitals would pay to their host municipalities would be a win-win

‘We ask that health insurers halt this misguided policy until all parties … agree on best practices and payment audit policies that prioritize patients’

Penalizing hospitals for readmission of Medicaid patients ignores the ‘social determinants of health’ that uniquely shape these people’s lives