Rural Georgia hospital plans to close its labor and delivery unit, in part due to Medicaid cuts

Rural Georgia hospital plans to close its labor and delivery unit, in part due to Medicaid cuts

St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital in rural northeast Georgia will discontinue its maternal health services next month as its parent company moves to consolidate OB/GYN services to one location, the hospital announced last week.

Jon Ossoff Lies to Georgians about Rural Hospital Closure – NRSC

Jon Ossoff is lying about why St. Mary’s hospital in Lavonia, Georgia is shutting down. Ossoff claims “Trump’s Medicaid cuts” are the reason for the closure. But that couldn’t be further from the truth.  “Jon Ossoff is lying to Georgians again. St. Mary’s Healthcare System is owned and operated by an out-of-state conglomerate whose Trump-hating, pro-DEI Democrat CEO started making cuts to services under President Biden,” said NRSC Regional Press…