Any Supreme Court Ruling Hurts Nonprofit Hospitals

No matter how the Supreme Court decides on the national health care law, nonprofit hospitals will face a rocky future, Moody's Investors Service said in a study published on Thursday.

"Regardless of the court's ruling and the result of the November elections, policymakers will be faced with addressing the steep federal budget deficit, which almost certainly will include altering federal funding for Medicare and Medicaid," says the study.