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Local hospital initiative makes national headline Sunday


The extensive article by Brian Spegele includes points of view from RMD organizers, LifePoint Health Inc., SageWest Health Care’s parent company, as well as Wyoming’s governor, senators, and state auditor among others.
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Since the publication, RMD organizer Corte McGuffey’s phone has been ringing off the hook. People near and far have been reaching out to him and sharing their support, he noted. Members of the hospital community from around the country have also contacted him.
“We really thank the community for all of their support through this whole process, and really need everyone to keep coming together down this home stretch.” ....

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A City's Only Hospital Cut Services. How Locals Fought Back.


A City s Only Hospital Cut Services. How Locals Fought Back.
© Cayla Nimmo for the Wall Street Journal
When the only hospital in a small central Wyoming city stopped delivering babies and cut back on surgeries, local residents sought to start their own. The fight that ensued now stretches to Washington, and is shining an uncomfortable light on one of the country’s biggest hospital chains and its private-equity owner.
LifePoint Health Inc., backed by Apollo Global Management Inc., controls the only hospital in working-class Riverton, Wyo. After LifePoint merged Riverton’s hospital with another facility it owns in the city of Lander, 30 miles away, it began consolidating the hospitals’ services. ....

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