Denver (KDVR) – Two Hospitals in Colorado said on Wednesday that the future of their facilities and services is suspended in the balance of “The Great Grand Law” currently under discussion in the US House of Representatives.
Hospitals say that their services are necessary for their societies, and if the draft law becomes this law, they may have to make some difficult decisions.
“I am sure that we will be able to discover something, but I am also concerned that we will have to limit some services and really make some difficult decisions.”
Stansbury said they are accustomed to doing more effort, but the discounts in the beautiful Trump bill may cost rural hospitals dearly.
The Lincoln community is the only hospital between Denver and Berlington, more than 150 miles away. This is why they are necessary to take care of people traveling along the 70th highway.
“But we are an essential part of the fabric of the state’s shock system. We take care of many people who are affected in rural areas, and I am not sure of this enough,” said Stansbury.
Some lawmakers such as Diana Digit say that Colorado hospitals may lose up to $ 10 billion in financing.
“Many rural hospitals, especially in the west and north of Colorado, will have to get out of work,” Digit said. “This will not only hurt the people who get medical aid. It will harm the entire society.”
CEO of the southwestern health system in Cortez, Joe Thin, repeats this feeling.
“Not only is a MEDICAID recipient, as you know, will there be sustainable financing for the services that we provide and what happens if the service is not available? I also think about what is happening, as you know, rural hospitals completely closed.”