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Top Story The GOP's Budget Plan Is a Crisis in the Making for Hospitals If enacted, the GOP's spending bill would kick more than 10 million Americans off Medicaid. Experts are worried about the major spike in uncompensated care that hospitals would have to provide — and they're warning that this change will result in major revenue losses for hospitals, facility closures, higher premiums for commercially insured patients, and worse public health. Sponsored Attention Data Scientists and Clinicians! Presented by Society of Critical Care Medicine Connect with the brightest minds in critical care and data science. Support the Society of Critical Care Medicine Datathon July 19-20 near Chicago. Learn about the benefits of sponsorship or register today.

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Video   How employers are managing GLP-1s At MedCity INVEST, Shawn Gremminger, president and CEO of the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions, discussed the strategies he's seeing employers implement around GLP-1s. He noted that many employers are taking a "middle ground" approach—such as covering the drugs for individuals with higher BMIs—and are also providing lifestyle support.

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