OGDENSBURG, New York (WWNY) - State and federal lawmakers say New York State funding has stopped flowing in for North Star Health Alliance at a critical point as the health care group transitions Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center into a critical access hospital and behavioral health hospital and it puts the facilities on the brink of crisis.

“The New York State Department of Health has allegedly failed to fully support and possibly even obstructed Carthage Area Hospital, Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center, and Claxton-Hepburn Medical Campus from completing their approved restructuring that would preserve critical healthcare services throughout the North Country,” says Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, R - 21st District.

The state and health care group came to an agreement earlier this year as to ho

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