Iroquois Healthcare

08/29/2025

🏥 Your Local Hospital Needs Your Voice
Powerful advocacy yesterday at St. Mary's Healthcare, Amsterdam! Iroquois Healthcare joined Senator Chuck Schumer, Paul D. Tonko, Senator Patricia A. Fahy, St. Mary's CEO Jeff Methven, and other community leaders fighting for rural healthcare. Here's what's at stake for our community:
💔 Proposed Medicaid cuts could remove healthcare coverage for over 30,000 people in our region 💰 Without action, health insurance premiums could jump $400-500 per month 🏥 St. Mary's—already one of NY's most financially distressed rural hospitals—serves patients who are 40% Medicaid-dependent
Senator Schumer introduced new legislation to reverse these cuts and extend ACA tax credits expiring in December. As Rep. Tonko said: "Medicaid provides the stability, the opportunity to grow and provide innovation."
Rural hospitals aren't just medical facilities—they're often the largest employers in their communities. When they close, pharmacies close, stores close, and entire communities collapse.
Grace Rust from Iroquois Healthcare Association was there advocating for all of us. Our rural hospitals need support, not cuts! 💙 https://www.schumer.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/as-fallout-from-trumps-medicaid-cuts-threatens-healthcare-for-over-30000-in-the-capital-region-schumer-announces-new-bill-to-reverse-gop-medicaid-cuts-protect-rural-hospitals-lower-healthcare-costs-and-save-county-budgets-from-paying-for-trumps-cuts

07/15/2025

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07/10/2025

🎊 Exciting Leadership News! 🎊

The Iroquois Healthcare Association is proud to announce that Kevin M. Kerwin, Esq. has been appointed as our new President and CEO!

Kevin has been serving as Acting President and CEO since September 2024, and after a thorough nationwide search, our Board of Directors selected him to lead our organization and its affiliated organizations - Iroquois Healthcare Alliance, Inc., United Iroquois Shared Services, Inc. and Caring Gene Healthcare Career Pathways, Inc. - forward.

"I am honored and grateful to continue leading the Iroquois Healthcare Association. Our work supporting access to healthcare for communities in Upstate and rural New York has never been more important," said Kevin.

IHA represents more than 50 hospitals and health systems across 32 counties, spanning over 28,000 square miles of Upstate New York. With Kevin's expertise and leadership, we're ready to tackle the challenges ahead and ensure quality healthcare access for all our communities.

Congratulations, Kevin! 🎉

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07/08/2025

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07/03/2025

Upstate and rural hospitals across New York are in crisis, and IHA’s Kevin Kerwin recently had the opportunity to speak with CBS6 Albany about this critical issue affecting our communities.

The Iroquois Health Alliance supports more than 50 hospitals in 32 counties across Upstate New York. The proposed Medicaid & Medicare cuts could have devastating, long-lasting effects on our healthcare system and our communities.

These cuts will directly affect access to healthcare for our seniors, children, newborns, pregnant mothers, disabled individuals, and veterans - all who rely on Medicaid or Medicare funded healthcare services.

Upstate and rural hospitals aren't just healthcare providers - they're anchor institutions that hold our communities together. When we lose these hospitals, we lose jobs, services, and ultimately, people from our communities.

This isn't just about healthcare - it's about the future of Upstate New York.

Watch the full interview to learn more about how we can protect healthcare access for all New Yorkers: https://hubs.ly/Q03vP8rh0

07/02/2025

The Senate's budget reconciliation bill poses a serious threat to healthcare access across Upstate and rural New York. With nearly $1 trillion in proposed Medicaid cuts, our already financially strained hospitals face potential closure, job losses will devastate local economies, and families will lose access to essential healthcare services.

While the proposed $50 billion rural hospital stabilization fund acknowledges the problem, it falls far short of addressing the comprehensive damage this legislation would cause to our communities.

We're calling on all New York representatives to vote NO on this bill to protect our healthcare system and the communities that depend on it. Our rural hospitals and the families they serve cannot afford this devastating blow.

06/18/2025

💔 When we cut Medicaid to fund tax breaks for the wealthy, here's what Upstate NY families lose:

Healthcare access
Their local community hospital
Jobs
Peace of mind

Don’t Mess with Medicaid. Healthcare isn't negotiable.

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06/14/2025

💰 The numbers don't lie: Proposed cuts would require decimate NY's Medicaid program.

Kevin Kerwin of Iroquois Healthcare Association "Hospitals have to budget. They have to try to figure out what programs they can provide, and this just makes it all the more difficult."

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Clifton-Fine Hospital CEO warns that cuts to Medicaid could leave thousands without care—and push small facilities to the brink.

06/13/2025

📉 Kevin Kerwin: The proposed Medicaid cuts could set back years of progress for Medicaid funding for hospitals in Upstate and Rural New York.

Decades of progress toward better healthcare access could be undone. Our communities can't afford to lose access to healthcare services.

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Clifton-Fine Hospital CEO warns that cuts to Medicaid could leave thousands without care—and push small facilities to the brink.

06/10/2025

⚠️ Kevin Kerwin from Iroquois Healthcare Association warns: "If you lose a hospital in our area, that's going to have a very negative impact on the whole community. From an economic point of view, jobs will be lost. And of course, healthcare will be lost."

Rural hospitals aren't just healthcare facilities—they're economic anchors.

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Clifton-Fine Hospital CEO warns that cuts to Medicaid could leave thousands without care—and push small facilities to the brink.

05/19/2025

The House Energy & Commerce Committee just advanced legislation cutting $625 billion from Medicaid over 10 years. This threatens the survival of Upstate and rural hospitals that have been underfunded for years.

As our interim CEO Kevin Kerwin warned in tonight's WRGB CBS 6 News, Albany interview: "If there's not a reimbursement mechanism for those seeking healthcare, hospitals won't be able to cover those costs, contributing to negative margins and limiting their ability to provide services."

The CBO estimates these cuts would leave 10.3 million Americans without Medicaid coverage and increase the uninsured by 7.6 million by 2034.

Our rural hospitals are anchor institutions — often the largest employers and essential safety nets for vulnerable populations. They need support, not devastating cuts that could eliminate vital services.

Contact your representatives TODAY. Tell them to protect healthcare access for Upstate New York.

https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/gops-proposed-medicaid-cuts-could-cripple-new-yorks-healthcare-system-officials-warn-house-trump-budget-federal-dc-republicans-congress-new-york-wrgb

A sweeping federal budget proposal moving through Congress could have devastating consequences for New York’s Medicaid system.

05/15/2025

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