New report identifies crucial challenges in Iowa’s health care industry

The overall landscape of Iowa’s health care industry is looking bleak, according to recent findings from the Common Sense Institute (CSI), but still remains “competitive” compared with nationwide trends.

The CSI’s new report found that health care facilities in Iowa are closing at a pace that far outnumbers openings, hospitals are increasingly operating at a loss, accessibility in rural communities is dwindling and there’s growing vacancies for…