Protect Our Hospitals Act

This plan, called the Protect Our Hospitals Act, would cancel recent changes to how states can tax health care providers under Medicaid and bring back the old rules, as if the changes never happened. In simple terms: it undoes a newer policy and returns to the previous setup for “provider taxes,” which are fees some states use to help fund Medicaid and support hospitals and other providers.

Key points

• Who is affected: Hospitals and other Medicaid providers, state Medicaid programs, and patients who rely on Medicaid-funded services.
• What changes: Repeals the recent provider tax changes and restores the prior law for Medicaid financing.
• When: The restoration applies as if the changed section had never been enacted, effectively rolling back those changes once this becomes law.