RURAL COUNTY VOTES TO DEFUND THE ONLY NEARBY HOSPITAL . SHOCKED THAT NEARBY HOSPITAL IS BEING DEFUNDED
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/26/trump-medicaid-healthcare-cuts-missouri
”For many in Pemiscot county, its emergency room is the closest available without taking a 30-minute drive across the Mississippi river to Tennessee or the state line to Arkansas, a range that can make the difference between life and death for victims of shootings, overdoses or accidents on the road”
“Yet its days of serving its community may be numbered. In May, the hospital’s administration went public with the news that after years of struggling with high rates of uninsured patients and low reimbursement rates from insurers, they may have to close. And even if they do manage to navigate out of their current crisis, Pemiscot Memorial’s leaders see a new danger on the horizon: the “big, beautiful bill” Republicans pushed through Congress earlier this month, at Donald Trump’s request.”
This is madness! Surely the good people of Pemiscot county did all they could at the ballot box to prevent this!…..
”Trump carried Missouri, a midwestern state that has veered sharply away from the Democratic party over the past three decades, with more than 58% of the vote last November. In Pemiscot county, where census data shows more than a quarter of residents are below the poverty line and the median income is just over $40,000 a year, he was the choice of 74% of voters, and Republican lawmakers representing the county played a notable role in steering his tax and spending bill through Congress.”