1 Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
2 Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
3 Division of Health Policy and Economics, Department of Population Health Sciences, Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York.
4 Center for Health Equity, Cornell University, New York, New York.
This Viewpoint discusses how revisiting the design and implementation of the disproportionate share hospital program represents a key policy lever for improving health equity in the US.