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kerry-is-my-prez

(10,074 posts)
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 06:20 PM Jul 2

List of Rural Hospitals at Risk of Being Closed

(With Congressional District)

Per letter from Senator Ed Markey

With Hospital Name, City, and Congressional District

The following is a list of at-risk rural hospitals identified based on two financial criteria: (1) the hospital is in the top 10% Medicaid payer mix of rural hospitals across the country, (2) the hospital has experienced three consecutive years of negative total margin.
The Sheps Center evaluated hospitals based on Financial Distress Index data, but individualized data on that measure was not provided.

https://www.markey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_on_rural_hospitals.pdf

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List of Rural Hospitals at Risk of Being Closed (Original Post) kerry-is-my-prez Jul 2 OP
I live in Stefanik's District. Bohunk68 Jul 2 #1
The states with the most hospitals at risk (mostly red/Trump voters) kerry-is-my-prez Jul 2 #2
Thank you for taking the time to post this. You are appreciated. nt allegorical oracle Jul 2 #3
Thank you. Next I'm going to post the districts that have possible closures kerry-is-my-prez Jul 2 #4
Most of the closing hospitals in MI are in the UP, solid tRump country. nt ImNotGod Jul 2 #5
Yep. llmart Jul 2 #9
I see only 4 hospitals listed for Michigan. roamer65 Jul 2 #19
Nice to see our hospital is not on the list.....yet. n/t Dixiegrrrl Jul 2 #6
Nice to see my state, Maryland, is not listed. Gimpyknee Jul 2 #7
Thanks for posting this. crosinski Jul 2 #8
Geez Ohio... llmart Jul 2 #10
I find it hard to believe that only one rural hospital in Arkansas is at risk of closing. TomSlick Jul 2 #11
Looks like all 11 of Ohio's hospitals are in MAGA land. But hey, the news isn't all bad ... Auggie Jul 2 #12
I couldn't access the list lonely bird Jul 2 #14
I guess the upside is that MAGAts will suffer more from this. It is sad for the non MAGAts in rural areas. Lucky Luciano Jul 2 #13
UNC Rockingham in Eden... mwooldri Jul 2 #15
My local hospital is on the list AverageOldGuy Jul 2 #16
Those three ( johnson, trump and thune Figarosmom Jul 2 #17
I am truly amazed that no hospitals in my area are on the list dsc Jul 2 #18
Heartless bastards spanone Jul 2 #20
This was posted on Facebook Blue Full Moon Jul 2 #21
Bush Sr or Jr Administration floated this idea. Blue Full Moon Jul 2 #22
Thank you lovesfruit Jul 3 #23
My little rural hospital in a very red district is on the list. Emile Jul 3 #24
All 6 of the Colorado hospitals listed are in bright red districts. likesmountains 52 Jul 3 #25
Its not just that its also Doctors many from other countries that come and train here. Historic NY Jul 3 #26
This message was self-deleted by its author Laf.La.Dem. Jul 3 #27
10% are in Trump loving Louisiana Laf.La.Dem. Jul 3 #28

Bohunk68

(1,399 posts)
1. I live in Stefanik's District.
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 06:33 PM
Jul 2

NY 21. 5 hospitals out of the 11, another 3 in district 24. And she wants to oppose Hochul.

kerry-is-my-prez

(10,074 posts)
2. The states with the most hospitals at risk (mostly red/Trump voters)
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 06:51 PM
Jul 2

States that voted (supposedly) for Trump

ALASKA 5
ALABAMA 5
ARIZONA 5
INDIANA 12
KANSAS 6
KENTUCKY 35
LOUISIANA 33
MISSISSIPPI 8
MONTANA 8
NORTH CAROLINA 5
OHIO 11
OKLAHOMA 21
PENNSYLVANIA 5
SOUTH CAROLINA 5
TENNESSEE 9
TEXAS 15
VIRGINIA 6
WEST VIRGINIA 7


Blue States

CALIFORNIA 28
COLORADO 6
HAWAII 6
ILLINOIS 9
NEW MEXICO 15
NEW YORK 11
WASHINGTON 14

llmart

(16,620 posts)
9. Yep.
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 08:35 PM
Jul 2

Good luck in the UP getting to a hospital quickly. Many of those places are like no-man's land. Their buddy trump could care less if they croak on the way to the nearest hospital.

roamer65

(37,677 posts)
19. I see only 4 hospitals listed for Michigan.
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 10:53 PM
Jul 2

Only 1 is in the UP. Ontonagon on the west side of the UP.

McLaren in Mount Pleasant would affect Native Americans.

All 4 hospitals are in Repuke districts.

crosinski

(647 posts)
8. Thanks for posting this.
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 08:32 PM
Jul 2

I’m in Michigan. Our small hospital is not on the list, thank goodness, but the one in the next county over is. That’s a shame because it’s known as a good regional hospital.

llmart

(16,620 posts)
10. Geez Ohio...
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 08:39 PM
Jul 2

aren't you glad you voted for this guy and his so-called "hillbilly" VP? If they think Vance cares about them, they are in for a rude awakening. He tries to act like he's one of them when I, personally, think his whole story was a fraud and embellishment to paint a portrait of how he pulled himself out of poverty blah, blah, blah.

TomSlick

(12,584 posts)
11. I find it hard to believe that only one rural hospital in Arkansas is at risk of closing.
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 08:40 PM
Jul 2

Maybe it's the definition of "rural." There are eight metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) in Arkansas. 55 of 75 counties in Arkansas do not contain MSAs.

As I would define "rural," hospitals like that in my little town are rural. The local hospital has been holding on by a thread for years. The Medicaid and Medicare cuts will likely kill it. When that happens, the nearest hospital and EMS will be close to an hour away.

Auggie

(32,407 posts)
12. Looks like all 11 of Ohio's hospitals are in MAGA land. But hey, the news isn't all bad ...
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 08:41 PM
Jul 2

Ohio is giving billionaire Jimmy Haslam $600 million to build a new Browns stadium!

Lucky Luciano

(11,670 posts)
13. I guess the upside is that MAGAts will suffer more from this. It is sad for the non MAGAts in rural areas.
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 08:52 PM
Jul 2

mwooldri

(10,660 posts)
15. UNC Rockingham in Eden...
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 09:03 PM
Jul 2

... to my knowledge has struggled for many years. UNC bought out this hospital (then known as Morehead Memorial) out of bankruptcy, and amazingly persuaded the bankruptcy judge to take its offer over a shadowy for-profit group. It still struggles today but does have the UNC Health system backing them.

I'm not saying that because UNC Rockingham has UNC backing it won't be in danger.... because the whole healthcare system will be hit with Medicare & Medicaid funding cuts. That hospital has struggled and will probably continue to struggle given the demographics that it serves. Having a system like UNC Health behind it helps though.

AverageOldGuy

(2,732 posts)
16. My local hospital is on the list
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 09:13 PM
Jul 2

Our representative in the House is a MAGAt. We will shove this up his ass in the newspapers because he refuses to hold public meetings.

Rappahannock General Hospital, Kilmarnock VA.

In fact, every at risk hospital in VA is in a district with a Republican Congressman.

Figarosmom

(6,830 posts)
17. Those three ( johnson, trump and thune
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 09:15 PM
Jul 2

Will throw this in the garbage without even reading it because it is a study done by Democrats. Specifically Markey, Wyden, Merkley and Schumer. Msybe they should have arranged it to be signed and sent from a nonpartisan organization. But I'm guessing they wanted their names attached even knowing it would make it moot, they poisoned it just for the recognition.

They won't care what it says.

dsc

(53,021 posts)
18. I am truly amazed that no hospitals in my area are on the list
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 09:20 PM
Jul 2

The town I live in is too small for a hospital of its own but three small towns about 20 miles away have hospitals that I would have bet would be on such a list. I would have been left with one hospital about 20 miles away from my house but about an hour away from my work. But miraculously none of those hospitals are on that list.

Blue Full Moon

(2,423 posts)
21. This was posted on Facebook
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 11:04 PM
Jul 2

I commented that Moreno lies. The old Mead plant in Chillicothe was to shut down because of Trump's manipulation of the economy. He said that the company was going to stay in operation. It didn't, a week or so after Moreno's announcement they sent out warn letters.

Blue Full Moon

(2,423 posts)
22. Bush Sr or Jr Administration floated this idea.
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 11:58 PM
Jul 2

Wasn't that the republican plan. To shutdown local hospitals and just have a triage station and then send to a hospital in say Columbus.

Emile

(35,886 posts)
24. My little rural hospital in a very red district is on the list.
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 07:59 AM
Jul 3

It's literally a life line for medical emergencies.

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