{"id":28800,"date":"2025-11-13T11:59:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T16:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=28800"},"modified":"2025-11-13T11:59:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T16:59:55","slug":"sen-ossoff-launches-inquiry-into-reported-plans-to-reduce-services-at-fort-gordons-eisenhower-army-medical-center","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-launches-inquiry-into-reported-plans-to-reduce-services-at-fort-gordons-eisenhower-army-medical-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Launches Inquiry into Reported Plans to Reduce Services at Fort Gordon\u2019s Eisenhower Army Medical Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fort Gordon, Ga. <\/strong>\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is launching an inquiry into reported plans to reduce services and cut staff at Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center at Fort Gordon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, Sen. Ossoff launched an inquiry<\/a> with the Acting Director of the Defense Health Agency (DHA) requesting more information about reported plans to reduce services at Eisenhower Army Medical Center, which serves between 30,000 to 40,000 active-duty<\/a> servicemembers, retired servicemembers, their families, and DoD civilians in and around the CSRA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reported plans to reduce services include closing inpatient, emergency room, and operating room services at the medical center, which would force patients to get care in the community, putting more of a strain on the local health care system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHospitals in Georgia are already facing cuts and closures of vital services,\u201d Sen. Ossoff wrote to Acting Director David J. Smith.<\/strong> \u201cAny potential reductions in care at DDEAMC risks putting further strain on the Augusta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and surrounding hospitals in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of his inquiry, Sen. Ossoff is also asking if Naval Hospital Jacksonville and Naval Hospital Beaufort are on the list to also see services reduced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to local staff, the Army Medical Center has about 60 inpatient beds, 6 operating rooms, and there are approximately 80 residents at the hospital enrolled in 5 DHA graduate medical education programs \u2014 Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery, Surgery, and Transitional Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI strongly urge DHA protect Eisenhower Army Medical Center from any proposed cuts to care,\u201d Sen. Ossoff continued.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reported plans come as Georgia hospitals are already under strain following Medicaid cuts in President Trump\u2019s budget law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month, St. Mary\u2019s Sacred Heart Hospital\u2019s Labor & Delivery unit and Clear Creek OB\/GYN closed<\/a> due in part to Medicaid cuts in Trump\u2019s budget law, after officials said<\/a> Medicaid cuts in President Trump\u2019s budget law \u201csolidified\u201d their decision. In August, Evans Memorial Hospital in southeast Georgia warned they may have to cut their Intensive Care Unit (ICU)<\/a>, according to the hospital CEO, which he said is a direct result of the Medicaid cuts in the Trump budget law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff continues working to protect Georgia\u2019s servicemembers and their families serving at Fort Gordon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last January, two of Sen. Ossoff\u2019s bills became law to ensure Ft. Gordon families have access to early childhood education<\/a> and to authorize construction of new classrooms<\/a> at the Cyber Center of Excellence at Fort Gordon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2022, Sen. Ossoff led a bipartisan investigation into the mistreatment and neglect of military families<\/a> living in privatized housing on Ft. Gordon, uncovering misconduct that many families faced while living in these housing units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/a> to read Sen. Ossoff\u2019s inquiry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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