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Hennepin Healthcare operates one of Minnesota’s largest and most essential hospitals, HCMC, formerly known as Hennepin County Medical Center. And it’s not in good health.

The hospital provides emergency trauma and burn care to patients from across Minnesota and trains more than a third of the region’s future doctors.

But that mission comes at a cost. The public hospital serves more low-income and uninsured patients than other hospitals, leaving it especially vulnerable as federal Medicaid cuts take hold and the number of uninsured Minnesotans rises. Add in other mounting financial pressures, and leaders say the system is being pushed to the brink.

HCMC has already eliminated 100 positions, reduced services and is now seeking sales tax revenue just to stay afloat.

Coming up at 9 a.m. on Thursday, MPR News host Angela Davis talks with her guests about the financial crisis at HCMC, why other hospitals 

If you work in a hospital, how have financial pressures affected you or your patients? Or if you’re a patient, what have you seen? What questions do you have about why some hospitals are struggling financially? 

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Hennepin Healthcare’s flagship hospital faces a financial crisis, and county leaders hope to save it with a sales tax. Coming up at 9 a.m. on Thursday, MPR News host Angela Davis talks about the financial crisis at HCMC and how hospitals are struggling in the face of rising costs and Medicaid cuts.

What's behind the financial crisis at HCMC, and will other hospitals be next?

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