Congress must preserve Medicaid funding to safeguard health care for our neighbors in need | Viewpoint

Chief Healthcare Executive March 10, 2025
Ron Southwick

Rural hospitals caring for communities in America’s heartland will be devastated by these cuts, writes Damond Boatwright, CEO of the Hospital Sisters Health System.

Attention across the nation is rightly focused on potential massive and drastic Medicaid cuts under consideration by Congress that would imperil health care for nearly 80 million of our most vulnerable neighbors – low-income families, expectant moms, children and senior citizens, as well as individuals with disabilities.

Rural hospitals caring for communities in America’s heartland – which are already struggling – will be further devastated by these cuts, making access to quality health care another unobtainable element of the American Dream.

The 13 hospitals that make up Hospital Sisters Health System serve small communities throughout Central...

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