Bernie Sanders on Rural Clinic Closures

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https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/ ... -enemy.php

I found this post at Powerline interesting:

Based off Bernie's Tweet

>>>"Mayo Clinic executives have decided to strip away access to health care from tens of thousands of rural Midwesterners—putting profits over people. Under Medicare for All we will end the corporate greed in health care that is leaving rural Americans behind.https://www.minnpost.com/community-voic ... ft-behind/ …<<<<

Well, maybe not tens of thousands.

I can only speak to the Springfield Minnesota closure as I had just read up on it. Per the Star Tribune-Springfield employed 60 people but had had only about EIGHT patients this year plus a few for overnight observations. Plus there are 8 other hospitals within 38 miles of Springfield. When Springfielders themselves won't go to their own hospital it doesn't say much for keeping it open. I also speak as someone who lost "My" rural hospital about 15 years ago, largely because of low demand from locals because they go to the other close hospitals that are still open-one being only 8 miles away.

Mayo is not exactly stripping access to health care from tens of thousands when they close low-demand rural clinics and hospitals as Bernie says they are.

Pull Quote>>>>""The idea that under a far-left regime the government would pay to establish low-demand clinics or hospitals in Springfield, Lamberton, Fairmont, LeRoy, La Crescent and Waukon–I’ve never heard of three of those towns–is delusional."<<<

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Pull Quote>>>>""The idea that under a far-left regime the government would pay to establish low-demand clinics or hospitals in Springfield, Lamberton, Fairmont, LeRoy, La Crescent and Waukon–I’ve never heard of three of those towns–is delusional."<<<

That's okay as long as you're not one of the people in those towns who needs medical attention. While we're on the subject of saving money, why not quit providing police and fire service or maintaining the roads in these rural areas. Not much demand there, either. You could just put up a billboard that says, "You are now entering a rural area. If you need government services, you're on your own."