EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — It probably sounded like a good trade-off at the time: Hospitals would give up $155 billion in Medicare and other government payments to help provide more money for a Medicaid coverage expansion that begins in January. But subsequent events have put the deal in doubt in Indiana. Hospitals could be left with nothing to show for the payment reductions, which began with the Affordable Care Act in 2010, if the federal government doesn't accept Gov. Mike Pence's idea for administering the Medicaid coverage expansion. The hospital losses are not chump change: Deaconess Health System in Evansville reports losing more than $3.8 million since 2010. St. Mary's Health System...
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