"Washington hospitals will lose 6 billion dollars.
Thanks, Trump."
That's the headline.
Here's what it left out.
That 6 billion is over 7 years.
Before any federal cut,
our hospitals had already lost 4.5 billion dollars.
Why?
Olympia pays them about half
of what it costs to treat a Medicaid patient.
Then in 2025, Olympia raised their taxes.
The hospital association says hospitals were
one of the only groups hit with cuts
and new taxes.
240 million dollars a year.
The biggest piece came through
the House Finance Committee.
The chair of that committee?
April Berg.
Gas got an exemption.
Groceries got an exemption.
Hospitals didn't.
And every 2 years,
the state uses 452 million dollars
from a tax on hospitals
to cover its own Medicaid bill.
Now they want you outraged
that someone else is squeezing hospitals.
Audit before ask.
@gekaminsky@CBSNews@bariweiss please fix this. We were hoping for some honest journalism with you there. Instead we get this trash, and the garbage 60 minutes put out. Journalism is dead...except for the independent journalists.