Save Struggling Hospitals Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 7
- Latest action
- Mar 26, 2026
What it does
The Save Struggling Hospitals Act would amend the Social Security Act to codify a policy that increases Medicare payments for hospitals in low-wage areas by adjusting their area wage index upward. Specifically, it would raise the wage index for hospitals with an area wage index below the 25th percentile by half the difference between their current index and the 25th percentile, effective for discharges on or after October 1, 2019. The adjustment must be applied in a budget-neutral manner, meaning it cannot reduce payments for hospitals below the 75th percentile or lower any hospital’s wage index below 95% of its prior year’s level. The bill affects Medicare payments to qualifying hospitals,…
AI summary · The lawmakers haven’t published an official summary of this bill yet, so 52 wrote this one from the bill’s text.
Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
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Who is involved
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.