States looking to cap hospital rates

Details: Hospitals say Medicare underpays them, and they must charge private patients more to recoup the costs.

• States experimenting with these measures include North Carolina, Montana, Oregon and potentially, Delaware.

Reality check, from Axios' Caitlin Owens: Hospitals are doing very well financially, although it's also true that many rural hospitals — which have a lot of Medicaid patients — are already struggling.

What they're saying: "Government workers will get it first, then everyone else will see the savings and demand it," Glenn Melnick, a professor at the University of Southern California, told KHN. "This is the camel's nose. It will just grow and grow."

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