FIRST: Brad Finstad Gutted Rural Health Funding. NOW: “Mayo Clinic Health System hospital among those considered at-risk for closing, reducing services”

FIRST: Brad Finstad Gutted Rural Health Funding. NOW: “Mayo Clinic Health System hospital among those considered at-risk for closing, reducing services”

Brad Finstad cast the deciding vote for the largest cut to Medicaid in history – and now, two Mayo Clinic campuses in Southern Minnesota are at risk of cutting services or shutting down entirely. The Mayo Clinic Health System – which has branches in both Albert Lea and Austin – is among the seven Minnesota hospitals identified as at-risk due to Finstad’s extreme health care cuts. The Rochester Post-Bulletin notes that the Mayo Clinic’s Albert Le…