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They blamed Trump (discuss.online)
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https://www.knopnews2.com/2025/07/03/community-hospital-announces-closure-curtis-medical-center/

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[–] 152 points 1 year ago* (8 children)

"They blame Trump"

No, they didn't. The medical facility didn't blame trump, the article didn't blame trump, and there's no proof that any of the citizens blame trump.

This is actually what the article says:

Curtis Medical Center to close after 30 years, citing inflation and uncertain federal funding

And then, later in the article it mentions how there's supposedly $50 billion coming from the feds to assist rural providers, and how disappointing it is that they've made this decision before the federal aid has been finalized.

This is being portrayed as a business decision to close this town's only healthcare facility. Anyone reading the article would have to believe that trump has anything to do with inflation or cutting funding, and a community that has over 85% of their people voting for trump doesn't believe that.

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  • [+] -13 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    There's a reason hospitals get bigger and bigger. Economics drive scale and communities that cannot drive scale will fall behind regardless what the government does.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    This is a product of healthcare being treated as a for-profit endeavour. Small healthcare facilities shouldn't need to be profitable (neither should large ones, but as you highlight, economics of scale means that larger facilities do better financially).

    The government does have the power to change this, but it would require recalibrating to recognise healthcare as a basic human right

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  • [+] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)
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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    If healthcare was government run in the US, I imagine that it would be a lot like the public education system. Those who live in wealthier neighborhoods have great facilities and great doctors. Those who live in poorer neighborhoods and neighborhoods with higher crime would have lower quality facilities. Do you think we would finance it like we do public education? Do you think we would gatekeep access like we do public education?

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