Colorado Rural Hospitals Fight to Survive as Costs and Regulations Mount
By Thelma Grimes | Colorado Politics
Editor’s Note: Colorado’s healthcare system is entering a period of accelerating instability — a “tsunami,” as multiple leaders describe it — driven by collapsing hospital finances, shrinking Medicaid reimbursements, disappearing services and a political fight over who is responsible for this unraveling. Healthcare Freefall is a multipart series examining how Colorado arrived at this moment, what H.R. 1 will do next and why communities across the state are bracing for deeper shocks.
Healthcare Freefall
Colorado’s rural hospitals are facing severe financial strain — with 75% operating on unsustainable margins and some worrying they may have to close.
Southwest Health CEO John Theine said the situation is especially frustrating, given ...