{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Health:Further","title":"157 - Medicaid Cuts and Hospital Survival | Fitch’s Kevin Holloran on What’s Coming","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/826945ae\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2689,"description":"Marcus and Vic welcome Kevin Holloran, Senior Director and head of the US Public Finance Healthcare Team at Fitch Ratings, to break down how credit ratings work in healthcare, why balance sheet strength outweighs short-term operating swings, and how margins shifted from steady pre-COVID levels through pandemic collapse, the 2021 rebound, and the post-2022 labor and inflation crunch. They cover Fitch’s focus on hospitals and life plan communities, the sector’s “trifurcation” between winners, r...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/qQpNWNNt0Jii-gH3dDJO-qaNGcqviKTTp8BwIkelLC8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kMGIy/YjcyMGFhYTI5N2Zh/ODNjMjdhYzRkMTcz/NGQyNC5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}