Universal HealthcareBy NextBestFit
Phase 1: Enactment & build · Step 1.8

Set hospital global budgets

Months 6–18; annual negotiation thereafter · UHA regional offices; Payment Rates BoardDiscuss this step

Ledger line 'Hospital care': $1.63T → $1.62T. The capital spending line (structures & equipment) stays at $168.2B.

Cost itemType2024 / beforeAmount
Hospital care
17 calculation steps
Spending$1.63T$1.62T
Hospital billing costs avoided
6 calculation steps
Saving—$69.5B