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America's Rural Hospital Crisis Has Been Looming for Decades

Access to medical care is increasingly limited in rural areas, with hospital closures impacting patient care and worsening health outcomes.

Rural hospitals built during baby boom now face baby bust

Rural hospitals in the US face closures due to declining birth rates, affecting access to prenatal care and birthing services.

America's Rural Hospital Crisis Has Been Looming for Decades

Access to medical care is increasingly limited in rural areas, with hospital closures impacting patient care and worsening health outcomes.

Rural hospitals built during baby boom now face baby bust

Rural hospitals in the US face closures due to declining birth rates, affecting access to prenatal care and birthing services.
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#community-engagement

City Council rallies in effort to stop hospital closures in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn | amNewYork

City Council advocates for more public input in hospital closure decisions due to concerns for healthcare access and equity.

NYC and state lawmakers urge Gov. Hochul to sign bill boosting community input on hospital closures

Pressure mounts on Governor Hochul to approve the LICH Act, enhancing community involvement in hospital closure decisions.

City Council rallies in effort to stop hospital closures in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn | amNewYork

City Council advocates for more public input in hospital closure decisions due to concerns for healthcare access and equity.

NYC and state lawmakers urge Gov. Hochul to sign bill boosting community input on hospital closures

Pressure mounts on Governor Hochul to approve the LICH Act, enhancing community involvement in hospital closure decisions.
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#maternity-care

Bill Written by Cortese to Warn Communities of Maternity Unit Closures Becomes Law

California faces a significant decline in maternity care services, leading to increased maternal mortality and complications.
New legislation aims to improve transparency and community planning for hospital closures.

Why Nearly 50 California Hospitals Were Forced to End Maternity Ward Services | KQED

Maternity wards in California are closing due to various reasons like labor shortages, increasing costs, and declining birth rates.

Bill Written by Cortese to Warn Communities of Maternity Unit Closures Becomes Law

California faces a significant decline in maternity care services, leading to increased maternal mortality and complications.
New legislation aims to improve transparency and community planning for hospital closures.

Why Nearly 50 California Hospitals Were Forced to End Maternity Ward Services | KQED

Maternity wards in California are closing due to various reasons like labor shortages, increasing costs, and declining birth rates.
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#healthcare

Bipartisan Effort Paves Way for Reviving Shuttered Hospitals in Georgia - MedCity News

Hospital closures in Georgia highlight significant financial pressures on healthcare facilities.
New legislation in Georgia aims to amend certificate of need laws, potentially increasing competition in healthcare.

Patients will suffer with bankrupt health care firm's closure of Massachusetts hospitals, staff say

The closure of Nashoba Valley Medical Center and Carney Hospital could endanger patient lives due to increased travel times to other facilities.

Bipartisan Effort Paves Way for Reviving Shuttered Hospitals in Georgia - MedCity News

Hospital closures in Georgia highlight significant financial pressures on healthcare facilities.
New legislation in Georgia aims to amend certificate of need laws, potentially increasing competition in healthcare.

Patients will suffer with bankrupt health care firm's closure of Massachusetts hospitals, staff say

The closure of Nashoba Valley Medical Center and Carney Hospital could endanger patient lives due to increased travel times to other facilities.
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Black hospitals vanished in the U.S. decades ago. Some communities have paid a price

Abandoned Black hospital symbolizes the decline of Black healthcare institutions in the U.S.
#steward-health-care

Mass. officials look to stymie 'expedited closures' of Steward hospitals in Dorchester and Ayer

Elected officials and activists oppose the planned closures of Carney Hospital and Nashoba Valley Medical Center by Steward Health Care.

Steward Health Care to close hospitals in Dorchester and Ayer

Gov. Maura Healey is demanding finalized deals for Steward hospitals after Carney and Nashoba Valley Medical Center closures.

Mass. officials look to stymie 'expedited closures' of Steward hospitals in Dorchester and Ayer

Elected officials and activists oppose the planned closures of Carney Hospital and Nashoba Valley Medical Center by Steward Health Care.

Steward Health Care to close hospitals in Dorchester and Ayer

Gov. Maura Healey is demanding finalized deals for Steward hospitals after Carney and Nashoba Valley Medical Center closures.
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Coalition organizing rallies, forums in Steward Hospital communities

The loss of hospitals in Massachusetts will severely impact the healthcare infrastructure, urging action to prevent closures.
#financial-challenges

Operating in the red: Half of rural hospitals lose money, as many cut services

Rural hospitals nationwide face financial challenges
Medicaid expansion helps rural hospitals financially

Op-ed | The state of healthcare in Central Brooklyn * Brooklyn Paper

SUNY Downstate Hospital faced financial challenges post-acquisition.
Community hospitals like St. Mary's were recommended for closure, impacting economically forgotten neighborhoods.

Operating in the red: Half of rural hospitals lose money, as many cut services

Rural hospitals nationwide face financial challenges
Medicaid expansion helps rural hospitals financially

Op-ed | The state of healthcare in Central Brooklyn * Brooklyn Paper

SUNY Downstate Hospital faced financial challenges post-acquisition.
Community hospitals like St. Mary's were recommended for closure, impacting economically forgotten neighborhoods.
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