Rural Republican California County's only hospital set to close after losing federal designation thanks to Dr. Oz

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

Glenn County’s only hospital set to close after losing federal designation

[multigraincracker]

1. Did they vote for current president in that area?

[hatrack]

3. Glenn County: 66.1% Trump, 31.2% Harris

Ohnoanyway . . .

https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2024-general/sov/complete-sov.pdf

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

7. They sure did! Dont be surprised if they blame gov newsom though

[a kennedy]

2. I just do not understand this.....hospitals closing!!!!!!

How is this allowed to happen??? 🤬 🤬 🤬

[Hekate]

10. It's been going on for decades, actually, as hospitals get bought out by for-profit entities. People get short shrift...

…and ER deaths go up from short-staffing. In cities, because that’s where the money is. Rural areas won’t turn a profit.

The alternative in outlying areas is the hospitals that end up run by the Roman Catholics, if you’re lucky. On the one hand, this is good because they are practicing medicine as a mission from God and not solely to make money. So if they are there, that’s good for men and children, and uncomplicated childbirth. On the other hand, if you are a grown woman you can very easily find yourself SOL, and I leave it to you to guess why.

US hospital care has been gradually hollowing itself out for the last 30 years, and it’s because of our intensely for-profit medical system. Hospitals are very expensive to run, and nurses are one of the most expensive items in the budget — because a hospital needs a lot of nurses and they need a lot of education, just as doctors do. For-profit corporations with no connection to medicine look at all those nurses and think they are an expense that can be trimmed, not an absolute necessity for hands-on care and hour by hour observation.

The disappearance of rural hospitals and clinics, and atrocities in big-city hospitals like “granny dumping” all have the same root cause: treating all aspects of medical care like a business. Thanks to the GOP, over the last century-plus the US has found itself utterly unable to fix the problem as a whole.

Dems like LBJ and Obama/Biden have gotten some really good bits done, but only by fighting the GOP and their sponsors tooth and claw. It’s been a battle every step of the way — and thanks to Project 2025 we are on the verge of losing everything now.

End of sermon. But that is what happened to rural medical care.

[jeffreyi]

12. No Roman Catholic health care around here. However. The local tribes have clinics.

I wonder how they are doing in all this mess.

[Hekate]

14. I only mentioned the RCs because some have wondered how they "got hold of" this niche...

The answer is because that niche was vacated by secular providers beforehand.

As for the tribal clinics — I don’t know. I tried looking it up, but aside from grants allocated by the US Congress, I couldn’t understand it. It’s complicated, and if the current admin has anything to do with it, they’re on a tightrope like the rest of us.

[sakabatou]

4. I feel sorry for the residents who need it

But they voted red. This is what they got.

[jeffreyi]

5. Wow. Sounds exactly like our local hospital.

The next one is within 35 miles, over a rather dangerous mountain pass.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

9. They tried to explain to Oz about the driving difficulty. He dont care

[jeffreyi]

11. He obviously hasn't driven on icy, steep, remote roads with no cell coverage.

Rural third world. Normally it's very nice for those of us lucky enough to live here, but there are times...

[Johonny]

6. Just happy people getting what they votes for

Feel the joy.

[Rebl2]

8. Getting

What they voted for. They knew before voting for him there would be cuts made to Medicaid.

[Kaleva]

13. Our only rural hospital closed when Biden was in office