While rural hospitals have been closing at a quickening pace over the past two decades, a number of inner-city hospitals now face a similar fate. And experts fear that the economic damage inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic on safety net hospitals and the ailing finances of the cities and states that subsidize them are helping push some urban hospitals over the edge.

Community Hospitals In Cities Face Escalating Financial Pressures : Shots – Health News : NPR

Reminder that this is happening at the same time insurance companies are posting record profits.