Public investments in Santa Clara County’s hospital system are proving being uninsured doesn’t have to mean poor health care. The region’s poorest patients actually have access to one of the nation’s top-rated rehabilitation centers.
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center’s Rehabilitation Center is ranked seventh best in the nation, according to the 2025-26 U.S. News & World Report, which evaluated more than 4,400 hospitals. Valley Medical Center also received high marks for its maternity, diabetes, pneumonia, heart failure and stroke care. The rankings analyzed each hospital’s performance based on objective measures such as risk-adjusted mortality rates, preventable complications and level of nursing care.
“This is the incredible work of our staff, people (who) put their heart and soul into everything,” District 2 Santa Clara County Supervisor Betty Duong told San José Spotlight. “Just because we serve the most vulnerable, it doesn’t mean that service has to be subpar.”…