Position Papers

SNAP periodically takes positions on issues of importance to safety-net hospitals and the communities they serve.

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Issues for Safety-Net Hospitals in the “Prescription for Pennsylvania” - May 2007

Counting “Bad Debt” Toward Hospitals' Community Benefit Requirements - April 2007

Why Margins are Inadequate Measures of Hospital Financial Performance - April 2007

Presumptive Eligibility for Participants in Pennsylvania's Adult Basic Insurance Program - May 2004

Pennsylvania's Tobacco Extraordinary Expense Program - May 2004

Improved Access to Reasonably Priced Capital for Safety-Net Hospitals - November 2003

Participation of Safety-Net Hospitals in New State Economic Development Programs - January 2004

Raising the Hospital-Specific Medicaid Disproportionate Share Upper Limit for Pennsylvania's Safety-Net Hospitals
- November 2002

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