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Local hospitals respond positively to healthcare ruling
MetroHealth and Cleveland sees an increase of uninsured patients over the years.
by WKSU's SIMON HUSTED

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Simon Husted
 
The MetroHealth Medical Center's main campus in Cleveland.

Two Northeast Ohio hospital networks say today’s Supreme Court decision upholding the health-care overhaul will save them money.

John Corlett is the vice president of government relations at Metro Health. He says the Affordable Care Act is good for the hospital because more of its patients will have insurance.

In the last five years, MetroHealth has seen a 50 percent increase in uninsured patients. This year, MetroHealth expects to see nearly a quarter million visits by uninsured patients, an increase of 7 percent from last year.

Listen to Corlett on the cost of treating uninsured patients

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“It makes it very difficult for us to be financially stable when we are giving so much of our care away to people because they don’t have health insurance," Corlett says.  "If this decision had gone the other way, I think it would’ve created major challenges for us in the future.”

Corlett says the Affordable Care Act will reduce costs in other ways because of its emphasis on continuity through primary-care doctors.

The chairman of the Cleveland Clinic’s Medicine Institute agrees. Dr. David Longworth says the Clinic, too, has been seeing more uninsured patients, and he expects an emphasis on preventative care will reduce the complexity and cost of their cases. 
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