Rural Patients Face Tough Choices When Their Hospitals Stop Delivering Babies

Arielle Zionts WINNER, S.D. — Sophie Hofeldt planned to receive prenatal care and give birth at…

Seeking Spending Cuts, GOP Lawmakers Target a Tax Hospitals Love To Pay

On the eastern plains of Colorado, in a county of less than 6,000 people, Lincoln Health…

When Hospitals Ditch Medicare Advantage Plans, Thousands of Members Get To Leave, Too

For several years, Fred Neary had been seeing five doctors at the Baylor Scott & White…

Montana Hospitals Preserve Medicaid Expansion, Fend Off Regulations

Hospitals have spent years amassing political influence at the federal and state levels. According to the…

Hospitals’ Lobbying Frustrates Montana Lawmakers Who Sought To Boost Oversight

Mike Dennison HELENA, Mont. — As Republican legislative leaders in Montana girded for this year’s battle…

Covid Worsened Shortages of Doctors and Nurses. Five Years On, Rural Hospitals Still Struggle.

Even by rural hospital standards, Keokuk County Hospital and Clinics in southeastern Iowa is small. The…

Some Rural Hospitals Ditch Medicare Advantage

Arielle Zionts Rural hospital leaders are questioning whether they can continue to afford to do business…

Rural Hospitals Question Whether They Can Afford Medicare Advantage Contracts

Rural hospital leaders are questioning whether they can continue to afford to do business with Medicare…

Some hospitals are delaying surgeries to cope with IV fluid shortage

White House takes action to speed up production of IV fluids By Mark Huffman of ConsumerAffairs…