, Columnist
Trump Puts Hospitals in the ICU
They'd better start shoring up their balance sheets.
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Hospital companies are just as miserable about the election of Donald Trump as pharma companies are ecstatic.
Obamacare repeal is one Trump's few proposals amounting to more than a detail-free promise of something Yuge. It's also one of the few areas of wholehearted agreement between him and GOP congressional leadership. If and when it will actually happen, to what degree, and the structure of any replacement are all unknown. But just about any move in this direction will hurt health-care providers that have benefited from the law's efforts to make health care more accessible.