Oklahoma hospital fee proposal draws debate

 
BY JULIE BISBEE
Published: May 16, 2010

A hospital fee could generate about $73 million to be used as state matching funds for health care, according to a recent proposal from the state’s hospital association.

Those state dollars could attract about $136 million in federal health care dollars, officials with the Oklahoma Hospital Association said Friday. Hospitals would pay a 0.49 percent fee on all patient revenue and the fee would end in 2014, acc...


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