Hospital Payments Targeted as GOP Grasps for Health Plan (1)

Republican congressional leaders are considering a Medicare pay cut for hospitals as GOP lawmakers try to come up with a counterproposal to Democrats’ demands to renew Obamacare subsidies, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said Wednesday.

The policy was included in a list of health care options presented to Republican House members in a meeting on Wednesday, according to a document viewed by Bloomberg.

The proposal would ensure Medicare pays health care providers the same amount for the same health services, regardless of whether a patient receives them in a physician’s office or a hospital. The policy could also lower costs ...