{"id":2153909,"date":"2024-01-19T15:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T20:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/denver-hospital-system-says-its-on-verge-of-collapse-over-migrant-crisis\/"},"modified":"2024-01-19T15:07:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T20:07:42","slug":"denver-hospital-system-says-its-on-verge-of-collapse-over-migrant-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/denver-hospital-system-says-its-on-verge-of-collapse-over-migrant-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Denver hospital system near collapse due to migrant crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdenver-hospital-system-says-its-on-verge-of-collapse-over-migrant-crisis%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2153909&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Hospital System in Denver Faces Financial Collapse Due to\u2063 Migrant Crisis<\/h2>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A hospital system in Denver\u2062 is on\u200d the brink of \u200dfinancial\u200b collapse as it grapples with the\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reacting-to-furious-leftist-backlash-psaki-blames-reaction-to-bidens-refugee-policy-on-confusion\/\" title=\"Reacting To Furious Leftist Backlash, Psaki Blames Reaction To Biden\u2019s Refugee Policy On \u2018Confusion\u2019\">ongoing migrant crisis<\/a>. \u2064With over a hundred million dollars in\u200b unpaid-for care, the system\u200b is struggling to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/under-trump-americans-have-seen-their-best-wage-growth-in-40-years\/\" title=\"Under Trump, Americans Have Seen Their Best Wage Growth In 40 Years\">make ends meet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While I have tremendous compassion for what\u2019s going on, it\u2019s heartbreaking, it\u2019s going to break Denver Health,&#8221; expressed Donna Lynne, the CEO of the safety net hospital, during a recent committee\u2064 meeting with the \u200dcity council, as reported by\u2063 the <em>Denver Post<\/em>. Over the past year, the hospital has provided care \u200cfor 8,000 undocumented immigrants, resulting in 20,000 visits that have cost millions of dollars, yet \u2063remain unreimbursed by the state \u2063and federal governments.<\/p>\n<p>The strain of treating these migrants has\u200d contributed to\u2064 a staggering $136 million\u2064 in unpaid care provided by the hospital last year.<\/p>\n<p>Lynne further revealed that the hospital had to close 15 beds that could have been used to treat patients with mental \u200dhealth issues and addiction. She emphasized\u2063 that Denver Health is now forced to turn away patients on \u200ba daily\u2064 basis, particularly in these critical areas of treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Denver is not the only city facing\u2063 financial difficulties due to the influx\u2063 of migrants. New York City mayor \u2063Eric Adams (D.) recently acknowledged that the \u200ccity will undergo\u200c &#8220;extremely painful&#8221; budget cuts in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everything&#8217;s on the table,&#8221; he stated when asked about the nature of these cuts,\u2063 &#8220;but we\u2062 want \u200bto minimize the impact on low-income New Yorkers, our educational institutions, and public safety.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What is the financial\u200b impact of the\u200d migrant crisis\u2063 on the hospital\u2062 system in \u2063Denver?\u2064 <\/h2>\n<p><span>  Hospital System in \u2063Denver\u2062 Faces Financial Collapse Due to \u2063Migrant\u200b Crisis<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063hospital system in Denver \u2063is facing a severe financial crisis as \u2062it grapples with the ongoing migrant crisis. With over a hundred million dollars in unpaid-for care, the system is struggling to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kari-lake-announces-run-for-senate-in-arizona\/\" title=\"Kari Lake to run for Arizona Senate.\">make \u2063ends\u2064 meet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Donna Lynne, the CEO of the safety net \u2062hospital,\u2063 expressed her\u200d deep compassion for the situation but highlighted the devastating impact it \u2064is having on Denver Health. During a recent committee \u200cmeeting with \u200dthe city council,\u2063 she stated,\u2062 &#8220;While I have\u200d tremendous compassion\u200d for what\u2019s\u200c going\u2063 on, \u2062it\u2019s heartbreaking, it\u2019s going to break Denver Health.&#8221; Over\u200d the past year, the hospital has provided care for \u200d8,000 undocumented \u200dimmigrants,\u200b resulting in 20,000 visits that have \u2062cost millions of dollars, \u200cyet remain unreimbursed by the state \u2062and federal governments.<\/p>\n<p>The strain of \u200btreating these migrants\u2063 has contributed to a\u2064 staggering $136 million in unpaid care provided by the hospital last \u2063year. This immense burden has forced the hospital to close 15 beds that\u2063 could have been used to treat patients with mental health issues and \u2062addiction. Lynne\u2063 emphasized that Denver Health is now\u2063 forced to turn away \u200cpatients \u2064on\u200c a daily basis, especially in these critical areas of treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately,\u200d Denver is\u200c not\u200c the only city\u200c facing financial difficulties\u2063 as\u2062 a result\u200d of the influx of migrants. New York \u2062City mayor, \u200dEric Adams, recently acknowledged that the city\u2063 will undergo &#8220;extremely \u2063painful&#8221; budget cuts in 2024. The impact of these cuts is yet to be\u2062 fully understood, but Adams\u2064 assured that\u200d efforts will be made to minimize the\u200b impact \u200don \u200dlow-income New Yorkers, educational\u200c institutions, and\u200b public\u200d safety.<\/p>\n<p>The financial collapse of the hospital system \u200bin Denver highlights \u2063the immense strain that \u200bthe\u200c ongoing migrant\u200d crisis is\u2062 placing on healthcare facilities. As hospitals\u2062 struggle to provide care for undocumented immigrants without adequate reimbursement from the government, the \u2064entire healthcare system \u2062becomes vulnerable \u200bto financial collapse. It is \u200cimperative \u2062that both\u200b state and federal governments address this issue and provide the necessary support\u200c to healthcare institutions facing such challenges.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the hospital system in \u2062Denver \u2063is \u2063on the verge of financial collapse due\u2064 to the ongoing migrant crisis. The \u2063burden \u2062of unpaid care provided to undocumented immigrants has resulted in a massive deficit that the system cannot sustain. It is a situation that \u2063requires immediate \u2064attention \u2064and support \u200bfrom the government, as the consequences of a collapsed healthcare \u2062system would be devastating for both the immigrant\u2062 population\u2063 and \u200bthe wider community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Denver hospital system warns that the migrant crisis may lead to its financial collapse. With over $100 million in unpaid-for care, Denver Health is struggling to make ends meet. The situation is heartbreaking, but the hospital fears it may not be able to sustain itself amidst the crisis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2112,"featured_media":2153910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2153909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2153909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2153909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2153909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2153910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2153909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2153909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2153909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}