🤍 We are a coalition trying to preserve evidence-based + inclusive health care upon merger of Ellis Medicine & St. Peter’s Health Partners / Trinity Health.
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When hospitals merge, our services are threatened.
A history of hospital mergers in the New York State Capital Region since 2000:
Source: New York State Nurses Association
On August 13, 2025, We joined New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) joined forces, elected officials, and community allies to hold a town hall meeting, demanding that Ellis Medicine restore surgical services at Bellevue Woman’s Center. Ellis had cut most surgical services at Bellevue in the operating room and outpatient settings and drastically pulled the timeline forward, ending them on August 22, 2025 instead of December 2025.
A 2025 March of Dimes report says one in four women in the US don’t receive prenatal care in their first trimester, part of a four-year slide. Doctors say some women do not get seen until 37 to 39 weeks — more the pack-the-hospital-bag stage than the meet-your-doctor stage. The reason? It often comes down to geography. Over a third of U.S. counties qualify as “maternity care deserts” with no OB-GYN, midwife, or birthing center. Add delayed Medicaid approval (which covers more than 40% of US births), unstable housing, and insurance confusion, and early care becomes something women have to outmaneuver, not just schedule.
