A Rural Hospital’s Excruciating Choice: $3.2 Million a Year or Inpatient Care?

"...the “prohibition” on inpatient services was set by Congress ..." Congress is being controlled by big-money donors and their hired lobbyists. Too many of the big city hospitals have been taken over by for-profit corporations. Seems they want to force us small-town folks to be transferred at our cost and our risk to fill their pockets. Other than that quote this article seems to miss that point. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/09/health/rural-hospital-closures.html