The Affordable Care Act will mean that millions of more people will now be insured and have access to greater healthcare and a better quality of life. With the threat of significant higher patient load from the act, these hospitals now need to significantly alter the business side of the equation to stay afloat. In key areas, such as treating Medicare patients with acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia, the safety-net hospitals stood equal with the more affluent ones. The rate difference between the two types was broadly less than 1%, proving that just because a hospital works with an underserved community, it doesn’t have to offer subpar care.”]
Source: https://gizmodo.com/study-shows-safety-net-hospitals-are-often-as-good-as-5932620