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What's behind the financial crisis at HCMC, and will other hospitals be next?
Hennepin Healthcare operates one of Minnesota’s largest and most essential hospitals, HCMC, formerly known as Hennepin County Medical Center. And it’s not in good health.
The hospital provides emergency trauma and burn care to patients from across Minnesota and trains more than a third of the region’s future doctors.
But that mission comes at a cost. The public hospital serves more low-income and uninsured patients than other hospitals, leaving it especially vulnerable as federal Medicaid cuts take hold and the number of uninsured Minnesotans rises. Add in other mounting financial pressures…
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