Sen. Casey talks health care at Evangelical Community Hospital
"When you talk about a hospital or health care system," Casey, a
He noted that Evangelical continues to grow and expand, while so many other community hospitals are closing their doors, or joining other health systems.
Casey said he's concerned about any legislation that might decimate Medicaid.
"The threat to rural health care has been substantial when you consider just the Medicaid part of the debate," he said.
"What happens," Aucker explained, is if premiums get too high or if a person just drops his or her insurance, "they'll just go to the emergency room. That's why we opened an Urgent Care center, to offer the right price point to those who need immediate care, but it might not be an emergency."
For rural
Casey used
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Casey did not have at hand exact figures on how many
"That's why what happens in
Casey is optimistic that bipartisan discussions are on the future legislative agenda. "Senator [
"I'm not saying it's going to be easy," he said. "I'm not saying it will be free of conflict. But at least in the
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