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Schneider Hospital Warns of Staffing Cuts, Slower Care, and Supply Shortages Without Urgent $39.8M Funding

“Healthcare is expensive,” was the refrain from chief executive officer Tina Commissiong as she defended the Schneider Regional Medical Center’s FY2026 budget request on Monday. The governor and his financial team have recommended a budget of $31.75 million, but Ms. Commissiong says the hospital needs more.  “The GVI allotment for SRMC, at a minimum, should be $39.8 million,” said Ms. Commissiong to members of the Committee on Budget, Appropriations, and Finance. That figure comprises the government’s estimated Medicaid cost share of $3.6 million and another $36.2 million in uncompensated care. She also cautioned lawmakers that SRMC budget ceiling “needs to include an allocation for CKCI, which is one of our cornerstone facilities.” The Charlotte Kimmelman Cancer Institute has been closed for eight years, and a ribbon cutting for the new facility is set for December 2025. According to Ms. Commissiong, “it is going to cost more than $8.9 million to operate CKCI in the first year.” Sal...