Cruel Politics: How Republicans Are Literally Shutting Down Hospitals

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The Republican refusal to expand Medicaid is a disaster.

Republicans are literally forcing hospitals to close down.

Last week, the Lower Oconee Community Hospital in Glenwood, Georgia announced that it would shut its doors for good.

The facility has been struggling with its finances for years, but things got really bad over the past few months and the hospital had to lay off almost 100 of its employees.

According to Lower Oconee CEO Karen O’Neal, the hospital’s problems were the result of strained resources.

And the reason why, of course, is that Republicans have refused to take Medicaid money that goes to hospitals to pay for uninsured people.

http://www.alternet.org/how-republicans-are-literally-shutting-down-hospitals