1.   A date of onset of their problem is required, and if that date is more than a few months old, Medicare might not reimburse the hospital.

2.   After that, hospitals would be reimbursed at the full hospital inflation rate, the Republicans said.

3.   But Medicare payments once reimbursed hospitals more than they spent to care for patients, providing a cushion that could be used for teaching.

4.   Currently, taxes that for-profit hospitals pay are included in the Medicare formula for reimbursing all hospitals for capital costs.

5.   Currently, the government directly reimburses hospitals for treating Medicare patients and also for services, capital payments, and taking in patients without insurance.

6.   Currently, the government reimburses hospitals directly for treating Medicare patients, for capital payments, and for taking in patients without insurance.

7.   Federal programs like Medicare reimburse hospitals for a part of those expenses that are directly related to patient care.

8.   In any case, the hospitals say, managed-care plans are not reimbursing the hospitals for some visits.

9.   In addition, hospitals are reimbursed for emergency care to nonpaying patients.

10.   Just return to reimbursing hospitals from the disproportionate share money.