Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
During a visit to Lewis County, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today vowed to fight attempts to claw back critical funds that allow small hospitals, like Lewis County General and other North Country Hospitals, to provide necessary services to senior citizens as well as underserved populations in rural areas. Schumer explained that Sole Community Hospitals (SCH) and Medicare Dependent Hospitals (MDH) are oftentimes the only sources of emergency care for miles in rural areas. Though these hospitals provide a critical service to the community and, very often, a large senior citizen population, they often suffer from declining patient volumes. As a result, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) provides these hospitals with the funding needed to stay afloat.