WATCH ZACH NUNN SAY IN HIS OWN WORDS: “I think that myth here is that rural hospitals are going to close down. That’s not the case.”

FACT CHECK: Rural hospitals and health care clinics HAVE closed their doors and laid off staff thanks to Nunn’s vote to slash health care funding – and Iowans are already feeling the consequences.

• MercyOne Ottumwa closed its doors, forcing Iowans who receive care to “drive up to an hour” to receive medical care.
• MercyOne laid off Iowans in Des Moines and Mason City, “cit[ing] federal cuts.”
• Pella Regional Medical Clinic in Ottumwa reduced its services and “no longer offers the full scope of family practice services.”
• Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center in West Burlington ended its birthing and delivery services.
• MercyOne Traer Family Medicine closed down in December.

DCCC Spokesperson Katie Smith:
“Zach Nunn tells Iowans not to believe their eyes as they watch rural health care clinics close down and health care gets harder to access. Iowa families know it’s not a ‘myth’ that Nunn’s vote to gut rural health care is hurting them, and they’ll fire him in November.”