[chimeracoder]

That KFF quotation is saying literally the exact opposite of the point you're trying to make. Though I guess if you don't understand how Medicare Advantage works, it's easy to make that mistake.

> Anyway, I still disagree with how many of these things are calculated. You need to look at the indirect cost part of COGs critically and in context of other related government spending.

Medicare doesn't cover COGS. Private payers do. You can't get away from that fact, especially when you've now provided two separate links that corroborate it.

[Retric]

I am not trying to get away from COGs by saying Medicare covers it because I agree it does not. I am saying the overhead included is misleading because it includes a portion of unpaid bills from other patients. Yes, it's part of a hospital's overhead, no it's not medicares responsibility.