Barry County Democratic Party
It's time to settle the account at the ballot box for what Congressman John Moolenaar has done to Barry County. 16,146 Barry County residents — 1 in 4 of us — are on Medicaid or the Healthy Michigan Plan.
Pennock Hospital in Hastings is federally classified as a Critical Access Hospital — a designation Congress created specifically for rural hospitals too financially fragile to survive on standard Medicare rules. The independent Lown Institute gives Pennock a top-tier grade of "A" for Medicaid revenue share, meaning it depends on Medicaid more than most hospitals in the country.
Elsewhere in Michigan, Hillsdale Hospital — a comparable rural facility — is already absorbing roughly $6 million a year in losses from this bill, with maternity and mental health services named first on the chopping block.