Rural Health Voices

NRHA endorses reintroduction of Save Rural Hospitals Act to new Congress

• Author: Erin Mahn Zumbrun
• Tuesday, Jun. 20, 2017

Nearly 80 rural hospitals have closed since 2010, and 673 additional facilities are vulnerable to closure — representing over 1/3 of rural hospitals in the U.S. Continued cuts to hospital payments have taken their toll, forcing closures, creating medical deserts across rural America and leaving many of our nation’s most vulnerable populations without timely access to care.