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North Texas Rural Hospital Facing Future Financial Crisis

Clay County Memorial Hospital's financial condition is sound, it's without long-term debt, and costs are being controlled. Nevertheless, this north Texas rural hospital could go the way of the drive in theatre: extinct. According to the Times Record News, 80 percent of CCMH's revenues come from Medicare leaving merely 20 percent to cover operating costs, and half of that 20 percent is typically unavailable due to bad debt.

CCMH does not presently receive any outside support. Other similar public hospitals usually get anywhere from $400,000 to $1 million from local taxes. According to CCMH's auditor, if support is not secured CCMH will be flat broke in three to five years.

Instead of leaving small rural revenue deficient communities fending for themselves, the Texas legislature should step up and provide some assistance to these cash strapped staples of our rural communities.

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