ASHEVILLE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - Registered nurses in Asheville are rallying Tuesday to sound the alarm on the impact of impending Medicaid cuts on patients.

According to officials, nurses at Mission Hospital are concerned that the hospital’s poor performance in staffing, health and safety, recruitment and retention, and meal and rest breaks will continue as patients grapple with Medicaid cuts starting Oct. 1.

Officials said these cuts will impact more than 3 million North Carolina patients, many in the state’s western region.

Nurses are gathering on Tuesday morning on the hospital’s campus with flashing alarms and sirens to sound the alarm on HCA Healthcare’s failure to recruit and retain enough nurses to keep patients safe.

In March 2024, the hospital employed 1,692 bedside nurses, a

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