Update on Crozer Health System Closure

Rep. Leanne Krueger March 11, 2025

March 11, 2025

Late Sunday evening, Attorney General Dave Sunday and The Foundation for Delaware County announced that an agreement had been reached “that will keep Crozer Health open for the immediate future while permanent restructuring of the system is solidified.” The announcement came after a six hour in-person meeting on Sunday in Harrisburg that was ordered by the bankruptcy judge in Texas. This morning, in a court hearing in Texas before that same judge, we learned that the agreement essentially buys us two more weeks before Prospect could be back in court with a closure motion (in a hearing currently scheduled for March 26, with a status update hearing scheduled for March 19). In the meantime, the Foundation for Delaware County agreed to the Attorney General’s request for short-term funding.

At this point, the situation at Crozer-Chester is still very precarious. Over the last month, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Delaware County Council and now the Foundation of Delaware County have all made investments to attempt to stop a closure. In order for a “permanent restructuring of the system to be solidified,” we need the other health care systems in the region to step up as well. We keep hearing about plans for a nonprofit healthcare consortium that could take over hospital operations or current service lines, but those plans are still very fluid. We also need Prospect to negotiate in good faith and share the information that the other hospital systems need to do their due diligence. I will continue to keep you updated as I learn more.

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