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Phase 2: Wave 1: seniors, near-seniors, and children · Step 2.4

Run the Hospital Transition Fund

Years 1–5 · UHA regional officesDiscuss this step

Every existing law, program, institution, or practice this step changes: what it is today, what happens to it, when, and what that costs or trades off.

WhatTodayChangeTrade-off
Distressed-hospital support (state bailouts, HHS Provider Relief-style funds)
replacedYears 1–5
Provider payment & regulation
Ad hoc rescue funds for distressed hospitals.Replaced by a rules-based Hospital Transition Fund with taper and restructuring conditions.
Hospital Transition Fund
Predictable and conditional; may not prevent every closure.