Letter from John A. Rudy
An Opportunity Not To Be Wasted
Chip Northrup’s informative and sobering analysis of the financial plight of the Bassett Healthcare Network in the issue of January 1 was well-timed (https://www.allotsego.com/northrup-can-bassett-survive-maga/). His analysis states that Bassett Healthcare may go bankrupt in two years’ time, thanks to the actions and non-actions of the MAGA-led Republicans in Congress.
However, all is not lost—yet. Two years may be enough time for Americans to reverse the catastrophic loss that will be incurred by those of us in Central New York and in other rural areas if we are deprived of the services of hospitals, like Bassett, that are dependent upon federally subsidized payments for an overwhelming percentage of their revenue. (Mr. Northrup notes that for Bassett that amounts to 70 percent.)
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