But what impact are you you seeing in your state now on hospitals, the workforce, you know, the whole healthcare system? Well, even prior to the enactment of this reconciliation measure, we were seeing rural hospitals close. One system in western Wisconsin closed two hospitals and 19 clinics. And with it, 1700 health care providers were let off. let go. That's because the margins were so thin already in rural America and rural Wisconsin, even prior to this bill. (06:01–06:14)
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