A small city clinic in southwest Nebraska will shut its doorways after greater than three a long time, citing monetary pressure and looming federal cuts to Medicaid.
Neighborhood Hospital in McCook introduced Wednesday that it is going to be shutting down the Curtis Medical Middle in Curtis — a neighborhood of roughly 900 residents. The announcement, reported by KLKN-TV, got here simply earlier than Congress handed President Donald Trump’s sweeping “Huge Stunning Invoice” on Thursday.
“Sadly, the present monetary setting, pushed by anticipated federal funds cuts to Medicaid, has made it unimaginable for us to proceed working all of our providers, a lot of which have confronted vital monetary challenges for years,” Neighborhood Hospital CEO Troy Bruntz mentioned in an announcement obtained by the outlet.
The clinic, whose motto is, “Superior care. All the time there,” will part out operations over the approaching months.
Whereas Republicans have a good time the passage of the biggest Medicaid minimize in historical past, the Curtis Medical Middle in Nebraska introduced it would shut down on account of these horrific cuts — the primary of many hospitals to shut.
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Regardless of representing Vermont, Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke out concerning the hospital’s closure, warning that it’s going to probably be “the primary of many” as a result of estimated Medicaid cuts included within the tax and spending invoice.
“Whereas Republicans have a good time the passage of the biggest Medicaid minimize in historical past, the Curtis Medical Middle in Nebraska introduced it would shut down on account of these horrific cuts — the primary of many hospitals to shut,” Sanders mentioned.
“It is a darkish day for rural America and for our nation,” he continued.
The Nebraska Hospital Affiliation and different rural well being advocates have sounded alarms concerning the invoice’s potential impression, warning it might drive extra clinics and hospitals in underserved areas to chop providers or shut.
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