Live from the Heart of America—I’m Steve Gruber—ready to deliver an inclusive and diverse discussion on the most important topics of the day—giving you better analysis and insight that anyone else—shining a spotlight on the cockroaches of the swamp—and delivering truth and justice just when hope was starting to fade—
Here are the 3 Big Things you need to know to start today—
Number One— Bud Light is dumping millions of dollars into emergency advertising campaigns—in an all out effort to stop the collapse of the top beer brand—following the disastrous deal with transgender influencer—Dylan Mulvaney—
Number Two— Another Bank is on the verge of failure—emergency moves all weekend for First Republic—plus Lyft, Gap and Disney all make dramatic workforce cuts—
Number Three— The failures of this administration are many and anyone who cares to be honest knows that—
I mean you can start with the border—where tens of thousands of people are staging to prepare an all-out invasion in less than 2 weeks—and you can work your way from there— The poor economy—the ruthless attacks on American energy and energy independence—the follies into the war in Ukraine—the failure to hold China accountable for much of anything—
Yes, the list is long—
Because there is no sense of urgency on anything it seems for Joe Biden and Company unless it’s gutting the American economy or giving transgender women—women’s rights—these appear to be the priorities of the Socialist Democrats in Washington and across the country—
And while that is happening—there are legitimate catastrophic issues that are being ignored—I am going to dig into these for you more often—because the corporate media is not willing or genetically not capable of looking out for you or telling you the truth—either way they have failed America and they continue to do so every single day!
You have heard me mention it before—and today I am going to discuss with you in detail the trail of devastation across this country in the wake of more than 200 hospitals—most of them serving rural communities that have gone bankrupt in the past few years—leaving millions of us without healthcare nearby—and that is just the beginning—
Today, according to the most recent Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform report—more than 600 hospitals are in financial crisis today—and 200 of those are in danger of closing immediately—that’s right America could lose another 200 hospitals in the very near future—
That means millions more Americans could soon find themselves so far from the nearest emergency room—that a heart attack or car wreck that would have been survivable before—becomes a fatal event—
And what is Joe Biden and his team doing? Well not much actually—in fact Hospitals in border states are in critical condition—like the one in Yuma Arizona that is so overwhelmed from illegal migrants—that it is reported losing more than $20 million dollars a month—which is clearly unsustainable—
It’s so bad in Yuma that locals say they cannot even get into the hospital because its full all the time with people in the country illegally—and when the massive surge comes in about 10 days that dangerous situation is certainly going to get worse—
According to the CHQPR Report, States with the highest percentage of at-risk hospitals include Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Hawaii, Kansas, Mississippi, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas, according to the report—
For some hospitals—they are cutting services—as they try to stay financially afloat—one of the most common services to be cut is the maternity ward—
Which brings me to another problem—and that is ambulance services are also going bankrupt all over this country at an alarming rate—
Now think about this—when do you think about the local hospital or ambulance service? Well, if you don’t work there then its something you think about only when you need it—in an emergency—and the issue is—the healthcare emergency of closing hospitals and ambulance services is something that almost nobody is paying attention to—
And for communities that were receiving massive amounts of Covid money during the pandemic—that money has dried up—and with that comes tremendous financial pressure on those hospitals that were surviving from the government handouts—
And its not just healthcare that is affected—the loss of these hospitals ripples through the communities—
The problem is not just emergencies according to those on the front lines of this emerging problem—you see people that find themselves without a hospital that is convenient—those folks often decide not to seek out normal tests and screenings—
I mean if you go from having a local facility to having to drive an hour and take a day off from work—or take a kid out of class for the day just to go get a physical or a mammogram or colonoscopy—well, a lot of folks just decide its not worth it—and as a result—people are dying from preventable illnesses at a far higher rate—because they never got checked—
So again, what is your government doing about this? Not much at all—in fact Medicare and Medicaid lower rates paid to hospitals and healthcare providers almost every year now—and those reimbursement rates are very often far below what it costs to provide those services—which means the hospitals are getting creamed—
I mean look at it this way—the hospitals are required by law—and so are the ambulance services to provide care to patients in an emergency—BUT the amount of money to be paid back is not enough to cover the REQUIRED services—which means the government is running hospitals and other clinics out of business—intentionally—there really is no other way to look at it—
And worse, according to numerous people that I have talked to directly—the time it takes to get reimbursed has gone from a few weeks at the most back in the 1990’s—to several months—and even a year or more now!
In fact these healthcare professionals tell me—it has gotten so complicated—these hospitals have been forced into creating entire departments just to run down the money they are owed under the law—and that’s money that could have been—and frankly should have been spent on patients and improving care—
So, while those on the left are trying to require you and I pay for procedures like abortions and gender affirming care—they don’t seem to care about the local Emergency Room—or the maternity ward in your area—that is just not a priority—
Think about that for a minute—they want the green light to perform a radical mastectomy on a 14-year-old—or an abortion—and all without telling mom and dad—BUT they don’t care if that same 14 year old gets in a car crash and needs a trauma center nearby—
And they are also not worried about how little they now pay back to the healthcare providers—or how long it takes to send the check—
And make no mistake this all leads to so-called Universal healthcare—
I mean where else could it lead—bankrupting another 200 or more hospitals in the coming months means the urgency for some kind of care will get higher—and of course the government, led by the socialists will declare they will ride in on their white horses to save the day—from the crisis they in large part have created by a never-ending series of bad policies—