Across America, rural hospitals are disappearing. More than 150 have closed in the past decade. Dozens more are on the brink of closure. The communities they leave behind face devastating consequences: preventable deaths, declining property values, exodus of young families, and collapsed local economies.
The Crisis Facing Rural Healthcare
The pattern is always the same: rising costs, workforce shortages, and shrinking insurance reimbursements create an impossible financial equation. Eventually, the hospital closes. The community never fully recovers. Without community support, Gunnison Valley Health faces the same pressures that have closed those 150 hospitals. This statement isn’t meant to alarm – it is meant to mobilize. We have a 36-month window to build a financial foundation that will sustain high quality healthcare for our community for the long term.
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