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News Release: 5/15/2025

Local Hospital Leaders Ask for Help to Stop Healthcare Cuts Leaders from four local hospitals—Astera Health, CHI St. Joseph’s Health, Lakewood Health System, and Perham Health—are speaking out. They are asking people in our communities to talk to lawmakers about big budget cuts that could hurt rural health care. These cuts to federal and state programs could have serious effects on hospitals in small towns like Park Rapids, Perham, Staples, and Wadena. Hospital CEOs Joel Beiswenger (Astera Health),