Charity Care Shortfall

Charity Care Shortfall Reports

This is the total amount of charity care services your local hospitals provide to New Jersey’s uninsured residents, along with the amount the state pays hospitals for caring for those patients. State law requires hospitals to provide these services, but state funding does not keep pace. The 2010 proposed state budget proposes keeping overall charity care funding at the current level.

N.J. Hospitals' Charity Care Contributions

$1.35 billion in healthcare services to those residents without health insurance
$605 million in state charity care payments, a shortfall of $745.42 million
2.53 million interactions with uninsured patients annually

* This report is based on data from year-end 2007.

Inadequate state funding puts a tremendous strain on hospitals, their patients and their employees. What could it mean to you? The loss of healthcare services and jobs in your community, longer drives to the nearest hospital and longer waits for healthcare services.

Are you concerned about the future of healthcare services and jobs in your community? Click here to e-mail Gov. Corzine and your local legislators. Urge them to continue supporting New Jersey's hospitals and other healthcare providers.