What do the hospitals tell you when you go home? … Senator Duckworth and I sent letters to 129 rural hospitals in Illinois and said, how are you doing? More than half of them said, we are in trouble—serious trouble.
Addressing concerns from rural hospitals in Illinois.
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The sooner the better. The more expensive it becomes, the longer we wait.
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