California Nurses' Union Advocates for Setting Minimum Charity Care Levels for Non-Profit Hospitals

Over the past few decades, many health care professionals have expressed their concern regarding non-profit facility's tax-exempt status and the amount of charitable care they deliver. To this point, the California Nurses Association has called for California legislatures to institute a minimum level of charitable care non-profit institutions must deliver if they are to continue receiving government financed subsidies and benefits. With much of the charitable care delivered in California falling on financially restricted public hospitals, the CNA has requested for stringent requirements for non-profit hospitals to utilize at least 8% of their revenue for the delivery of charitable care.

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