At a time when St. John’s Medical Center CEO, Dr. Paul Beaupre announced the Jackson hospital could be in serious financial trouble in the next eight months, Senator John Barrasso announced efforts are under way in Washington to help those rural hospitals facing financial distress due to the COVID-19 crisis. Barrasso says “Rural hospitals are the backbone of thousands of communities, caring for 60 million Americans nationwide. The National Rural Health Association, a leading voice for rural health-care providers, is backing our bipartisan rescue operation for America’s rural hospitals.” Barrasso says that on March 30th, he led a bipartisan group of more than 120 Senate and House members in urgently requesting that Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar provide immediate financial relief for rural hospitals across the country. He says Congress appropriated the funds, and HHS must continue to take swift, decisive action in distributing them.
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