Ex-Colorado House Speaker Garnett Shifts Perspective on Health Care Policy at UCHealth

Ex-Colorado House speaker Garnett shifts perspective on health care policy at UCHealth

A former state legislator said he has a new perspective on the complex relationship between hospitals and regulators.

Kentucky Faces the Nation’s Highest Number of Rural Hospitals at Risk of Closure if Congress Cuts Medicaid - Kentucky Center for Economic Policy

If Congress’ plan to cut Medicaid becomes law, Kentucky could lose up to $28 billion of federal funding for the program over the next 10 years, leaving hundreds of thousands without health coverage. The impact of that funding loss on hospitals would be severe and could lead to many rural hospitals and other health care providers shutting down entirely. One estimate by the Sheps Center for Health Service Research at the University of North Caroli…