Indiana's nonprofit hospitals reported more than $1 billion in profits

Indiana’s 64 nonprofit hospitals with emergency rooms spent $24.5 billion in 2022, yet only 1% went to directly help patients cover medical expenses

Those nonprofit hospitals spent another $3.6 billion on other 'community benefit' projects — and still banked more than $1.8 billion in profits.

The schism between the amount of financial assistance hospitals provide and the profits they bank comes as Hoosiers face some of the highest health care costs in the U.S

Editor's note: This story was reported and written by journalists at the Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism at Indiana University.

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