Hospitals: Federal changes will worsen MN health care crisis
Minnesota hospitals had a record high of over 2 million emergency department visits in 2024. That year, more than a quarter of hospitals lost money on operations. The Minnesota Hospital Association painted a bleak picture of Minnesota health care Tuesday in a new report titled “A Statewide Crisis of Care.” The hospitals are gearing up for what could be a bruising budget year at the Legislature in 2027, as efforts to counteract federal Medicaid cuts will run into the state’s own long-term fiscal challenges. At a Capitol press conference, executives of rural hospitals spoke of ...