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Eleven rural hospitals in Ohio have recently been listed as threatened laws on the expenses of President Donald Trump, which was signed last week and covers over $ 1 trillion of Medicaid cuts.
Democratic US Senators Edward Marky, Jeffrey Merkley, Ron Wydnie and Chuck Schumer sent a letter to Trump, leader of the majority of Senate John Thune and the speaker of the house Mike Johnson’s house On June 12 he outlines hundreds hospitals that were recognized as threatened under the Trump’s expenditure account.
“By providing these drastic health care cuts that will reject millions of people from health insurance, rural hospitals will not receive payment for services that are obliged to provide patients,” the legislators wrote in their letter. “In turn, rural hospitals will have to encounter a deeper financial burden that could lead to negative health results for the communities they serve.”
11 hospitals in Ohio listed as threatened Trump’s expenditure in accordance with the letter of senators:
- Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth (Scioto’s county).
- Wayne Hospital Company in Greenville (Darke’s Fountain).
- East Liverpool City Hospital in Eastern Liverpool (Columbian’s unit).
- Coshocton Regional Medical Center in Coshocton (Coshocton’s County).
- Twin City Medical Center in Dennison (Tuscaravas Ferry).
- Harrison Community Hospital in Kadik (Harrison’s County).
- Bucirus Community Hospital in Bucyrus (Crawford’s Ferry).
- Holzer Medical Center in Jackson (JACKSON ENTERPRISE).
- Community Hospital Galion in Galion (Crawford, Morrow and Richland poviats).
- Regional Medical Center of the Adams County in the sailor (Adams Country).
- Fayette County Memorial Hospital at Washington Court House (Fayette Fayette).
In the letter he said that hospitals were “exposed to financial anxiety and even closing, conversion or reduction of services due to cuts.”
Ohio Capital Journal contacted hospital systems for a comment, but most did not answer the date. Those that reacted either He stated that they were not exposed to closure or refuse to comment.
“Avita Health System, which includes Bucyrus and Galion hospitals, is not financially threatened,” said Kim Winkle, Vice President of Operational Affairs at the Avita Health System.
Adena Health System, which supervises Fayette County Memorial Hospital, refused to comment.
Wayne Healthcare, which supervises Wayne Hospital, said in June 24 press release They are not exposed to closing or cutting services, but they found that the expenditure account “could have destructive consequences, especially for mothers, infants and low -income families.”
The OHIO Hospital Association has not been notified of any member hospitals closing the Trump’s expenditure account, said the spokesman of the Ohio Hospital Association, John Palmer.
Democratic senators used data from the Center for Health Services Cecil G. Sheps at the University of North Carolina for their letter. According to the letter, 338 hospitals throughout the country were listed as threatened.
Hospitals have been considered threatened because they meet one or two of the two financial criteria-the Szpital is in a 10% mix of Medicaid payers from rural hospitals in the country or the hospital experienced three consecutive years of negative margins.
“Rural hospitals are often the largest employers in rural communities, and when the rural hospital closes or reduces their services, the communities are forced to struggle with the loss of access to healthcare, but also loss of work and the resulting lack of financial security,” wrote legislators in their letter.
Twin City Medical Center and Harrison Community Hospital were mentioned as three years of negative margins. The other nine Ohio hospitals were listed as the best Medicaid suppliers.
The latest closing of the rural hospital in Ohio was last year, when the community memorial hospital in Hicksville (Defiance county) Closed due to financial problems.
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