The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a Trump administration appeal that aims to slash as much as $4 billion in Medicare payments to mostly nonprofit hospitals, agreeing to review a ruling written by high court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
At issue is an effort started when Barack Obama was president to change the formula for reimbursing hospitals that serve a disproportionate number of low-income patients. Kavanaugh was part of a three-judge panel that said the Department of Health and Human Services couldn’t change the formula without a formal period for public comment.
The court acted Sept. 27 in advance of the ...