Threat to Rural Communities
Your hospital is usually the largest employer in your town.
Healthcare cuts will reduce specialized services, eliminate well-paying medical jobs, and eventually force closures.
The loss of these well-paying jobs will send shockwaves through the local economy, devastating small businesses like grocery stores, banks, and diners that depend on those workers’ paychecks.
Why is healthcare expensive?
Healthcare timeline
Healthcare becomes for profit, not for people
Who actually pays the price?
What is medicaid?
What is uncompensated care?
Costs shift, not eliminated
Data for Rural Hospitals
Names and locations
Vulenrable Hospitals
Cash and Profit/Loss
Data for Spokane Hospitals
Uncompendated Care
Profit/Loss
Hospital Funds
Rural Emergency Hospital
Hospital Safety Net Fund
Rural Health Transformation Program
Become Informed
Questions to ask
Hospital board meetings
Navigating Long-Term Care
Resources for finding healthcare
Ambulances
Run on Volunteers
Affects from Medicaid Cuts
Minutes Matter
