I will take action to stop the loss of quality medical care and build it back.
He will take action to stop rural hospital closures and rebuild access to quality medical care.
Occurrences
he said he would work with the health care community to make care available for every Tennessean near where they live
Evidence
In the Healthcare section, the campaign page says: “Tennessee is second in the nation for rural hospital closures. I will take action to stop the loss of quality medical care and build it back.” It also says, “No Tennessean should be more than 30 minutes away from life-saving emergency care.”
Rose told the House Appropriations Subcommittee that access to quality emergency healthcare in rural areas is critical and said the country is in “a rural hospital closure epidemic.” He added that two hospitals serving rural populations in his district had recently closed and described the risk to constituents who may not survive the long journey to the nearest emergency room.
The bill page shows John Rose as a cosponsor on 12/11/2024. The bill’s title and official title address rural emergency hospitals: “Second Chances for Rural Hospitals Act” and “To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify the criteria for designation of rural emergency hospitals.”
Assessments
Rose took concrete action on the issue, including congressional advocacy about rural hospital closures and cosponsoring the Second Chances for Rural Hospitals Act. However, the cited bill was not enacted, and the evidence does not show that rural hospital closures were stopped or that access to quality rural emergency care was rebuilt as promised. This supports recognizing serious effort without finding delivery of the promised outcome.