Obamacare Repeal Threatens Rural Hospitals | Crooks and Liars
"Nationally, the Medicaid expansion under Obamacare offered a bit of stability for some rural hospitals at risk. Researchers say it disproportionately benefited such facilities, particularly in Pennsylvania and other states with large rural populations, such as Illinois, Kentucky and Michigan. In Pennsylvania, 625,000 people enrolled in the expanded Medicaid program; close to 300,000 came from rural areas, says Andy Carter, president of the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania. As of October, about 42,700 of Fayette’s residents had Medicaid. That’s close to one-third of the county’s population."
