GREYBULL — Already struggling to attract providers and care for an aging population, the state’s hospitals face even more serious headwinds in the future due to recent state and federal legislation, a leading industry official said during a visit to Big Horn County last week.

Eric Boley, president of the Wyoming Hospital Association, spent about an hour talking to a group of approximately 40 area residents and health care workers Thursday night at Three Rivers Health.

The state has seen just one hospital closure in the past 30 years, that being in Lusk, but several have reportedly been on the brink, Boley said.

A recent study showed just five of the 30 being in the black.

Of those in the red, seven were in jeopardy of immediate closure and four had less than four days of cash on hand,

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