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Old 05-25-2017, 07:21 PM
 
Location: Arizona
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A state-by-state breakdown of 80 rural hospital closures

As more and more hospitals are built in urban cities, it seems like where Trump won in rural America many, many hospitals have closed the doors since 2010.

Since, there is very high Medicaid/Medicare usage in states that voted Trump. I wonder what happens when all these cuts go through.
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Old 05-25-2017, 07:26 PM
 
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Trumpcare will be truly brutal for rural America among the people not yet still on single-payer Medicare. Hope they are bracing themselves because it will be ugly.
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Old 05-25-2017, 07:31 PM
 
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Well they continue to support him.
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Old 05-25-2017, 07:35 PM
 
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Well they continue to support him.
As long as the left constantly labels them racist hillbillies, yes.
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Old 05-25-2017, 07:35 PM
 
Location: Lost in Montana *recalculating*...
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Don't worry, a C-store that sells cigs, beer and chew will take their places.
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Old 05-25-2017, 07:39 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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How many federal regulations were those hospitals required to follow? How many illegal aliens did the law require them to treat? How much did they pay in taxes?
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Old 05-25-2017, 07:40 PM
 
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A state-by-state breakdown of 80 rural hospital closures

As more and more hospitals are built in urban cities, it seems like where Trump won in rural America many, many hospitals have closed the doors since 2010.

Since, there is very high Medicaid/Medicare usage in states that voted Trump. I wonder what happens when all these cuts go through.
American Hospital Association Opposes GOP's Health Care Overhaul

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NICKELS: ... Well, keep in mind that we're already quite involved in health care through the Medicare program. And that's been long established. And nobody's complained about that. The Medicaid program is for the poor and disabled, et cetera. What the ACA did was expand Medicaid to more individuals - adults, primarily childless adults. And these are folks who need help with their care. And keep in mind that if they don't get insurance, they still come to our institutions. They still will get the care that they need. And that is a cost to society overall.

INSKEEP: How's that going to get paid if they don't have health insurance?

NICKELS: That's the problem. Prior to the ACA, our uncompensated care was much higher than it is today. The uninsured has gone from 18 percent to 11 percent of the population. It's been very beneficial, particularly to my members who are in lower-income neighborhoods and lower-income parts of this country and rural hospitals, too. So it will be a burden on the hospitals to have to have additional uncompensated care.
AARP: 8 Ways the Health Care Bill Is Hazardous to Your Health

American Medical Association condemns House healthcare bill passage
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Old 05-25-2017, 07:42 PM
 
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As long as the left constantly labels them racist hillbillies, yes.
That's ridiculous. They vote against their self interest to support people who couldn't care less about them because they are depicted in a manner they don't like ?
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Old 05-25-2017, 07:45 PM
 
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As long as the left constantly labels them racist hillbillies, yes.
I have never heard Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren call anyone a racist hillbilly. If they believe that they must support getting their health care ripped away because someone told them that Sanders and Warren called them a racist hillibilly, they have clearly gone into uncharted territory. They are then liable to support all sorts of terrible policies that will devastate their own families while the ruling donor class can amass even more wealth as a result.
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Old 05-25-2017, 07:49 PM
 
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As long as the left constantly labels them racist hillbillies, yes.
At some point, it won't matter what other people call you. If you are being dumped on this much by the people in power, you will stop supporting them.


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That's ridiculous. They vote against their self interest to support people who couldn't care less about them because they are depicted in a manner they don't like ?
Yes - doesn't make sense.
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