Report: HCA, others see financial gains from Medicaid expansion

For-profit health systems operating in states with expanded Medicaid have shown significantly improved financial returns throughout the first half of the year, a new report shows. The report, issued by Pricewaterhouse
Coopers LLP, analyzed financial data from the nation's five largest for-profit health systems: HCA Holdings Inc., which owns hospitals in the Kansas City region, LifePoint Hospitals Inc., Tenet Healthcare Corp., Community Health Systems Inc. and Universal Health Services Inc. Those hospitals all saw a decrease in uninsured patients and an increase in patients with Medicaid, which had a positive effect on the hospitals' bottom lines.