More than half of seniors choose private Medicare Advantage plans instead of traditional Medicare. As rural enrollment increases, many small-town hospitals say that threatens their viability.
More than half of seniors choose private Medicare Advantage plans instead of traditional Medicare. As rural enrollment increases, many small-town hospitals say that threatens their viability.
We need public hospitals.
We need public hospitals.
We need public hospitals again.
My hospital is not rural, but we are a small community, high-Medicaid population hospital. We’ve not been profitable 3 out of the past 5 years and the response from the (out-of-state) for-profit corporation has been to slash staff to such low levels that the nurses are finally unionizing.
We are a critical healthcare access point for our community. And that corporation has zero incentive to do what’s right for my neighbors. Only the city, state, maybe federal governments have that incentive. We should be a government operation, not private. It’s that simple.