Imagine a restaurant forced to wait six months to get paid for meals it already served. Or a gas station unable to restock fuel because customers’ payments are still “processing.” That’s how our health care system works.

Hospitals and doctors provide care first and then wait — sometimes months — for insurers or government programs to process and pay. In Idaho, one rural hospital has only two days of cash on hand. They’re on the edge of closing their doors because they can’t get paid on time.

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