Safety Net Association of PA

The Safety-Net Association of Pennsylvania represents the interests of private, acute-care hospitals that play the leading role in caring for the poor, the disadvantaged, and the uninsured residents of the commonwealth. Safety-net hospitals are the 25 percent of hospitals in Pennsylvania that care for the highest combined proportion of uninsured patients, Medical Assistance recipients, and Medicare SSI recipients and that therefore constitute the state's health care safety net. As a result of the patients they serve, safety-net hospitals face a significant, continuing, disproportionate challenge to their financial health.