Non-Profit Hospitals: Earning Their Tax Exemption?
For years, policy-makers and hospital industry leaders have debated how much charity care hospitals should provide in exchange for their tax-exempt status.
The Des Moines Register has performed a comprehensive analysis of the charity care provided by Iowa hospitals and also takes a broader look at the issue and the arguments. The situation in Iowa is especially relevant because one of the state’s U.S. senators, Chuck Grassley, has been outspoken in his insistence that hospitals be held to a standard in return for their tax exemption. Read the article here.
