'We've got a crisis,' says lawmaker with one-third of Virginia's rural hospitals at risk of closing

[Jilly_in_VA]

Many rural hospitals in Virginia are at risk of closing and/or are facing significant financial distress, according to a new draft report from Virginia’s Joint Commission on Health Care presented to lawmakers on Thursday.

Using one metric, the commission found that 13 of Virginia’s 36 rural hospitals “are at either immediate risk of closure or at risk of closure.”

Using a different metric, the commission found that a dozen rural hospitals in the state “are at either highest risk or mid-highest risk of experiencing financial distress.”

“We’ve got a crisis,” said Delegate Rodney Willett (D-Henrico).
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The report cites several reasons for rural hospitals’ struggles, including higher costs, fewer revenue opportunities and insufficient reimbursement amounts, to name a few.

https://www.wric.com/news/politics/capitol-connection/weve-got-a-crisis-says-lawmaker-with-one-third-of-virginias-rural-hospitals-at-risk-of-closing/

If this country would do two things, we would not have this problem: 1) Stop running hospitals on the corporate model, and 2) have single payer healthcare

[Skittles]

1. stop voting for con men like Trump

THAT would fucking help, too

[Jilly_in_VA]

2. It doesn't matter who you vote fot!

Our healthcare system has worked this way for a LONG time! I oughta know, I worked in it for 30 years and saw it change even then. I retired in 2012. My brother is an MD and he can tell you even MORE about it than I can. He's retired now but worked as a locum (similar to a travel nurse) by choice for a number of years as well as in private practice and he can tell you the good, the bad (there's a lot more of that!), and the ugly. He was and maybe still is active in the physicians for single care movement, as is a HS friend.