Fort Gordon, Ga. - 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.

Today, Sen. Ossoff launched an inquiry 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 servicemembers, retired servicemembers, their families, and DoD civilians in and around the CSRA.

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.

"Hospitals in Georgia are already facing cuts and closures of vital services," Sen. Ossoff wrote to Acting Director David J. Smith. "Any potential reductions in care at DDEAMC risks putting further strain on the Augusta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and surrounding hospitals in the region."

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.

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 - Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery, Surgery, and Transitional Year.

"I strongly urge DHA protect Eisenhower Army Medical Center from any proposed cuts to care," Sen. Ossoff continued.

The reported plans come as Georgia hospitals are already under strain following Medicaid cuts in President Trump's budget law.

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

Sen. Ossoff continues working to protect Georgia's servicemembers and their families serving at Fort Gordon.

Last January, two of Sen. Ossoff's bills became law to ensure Ft. Gordon families have access to early childhood education and to authorize construction of new classrooms at the Cyber Center of Excellence at Fort Gordon.

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

Click here to read Sen. Ossoff's inquiry.

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