US EditionGOP Budget Threatens Rural Hospitals Across Several States
MAINE, UNITED STATES, JUL 19 – Maine’s new law raises charity care income limits and simplifies applications as federal Medicaid cuts threaten coverage loss for 34,000 residents, officials estimate.
- On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill, which reduces federal Medicaid spending by about $1 trillion over the next decade.
- The bill follows rising concerns about rural hospitals, many already financially strained, and includes Medicaid eligibility changes that could lead to 250,000 people losing coverage.
- Experts warn that these cuts risk increased rural hospital closures, reduced services, longer travel for acute care, and job losses impacting community health outcomes nationwide.
- The bill allocates $50 billion over five years for various purposes, including rural facility payments, while states face complex decisions like raising taxes or rescinding Medicaid expansion to manage funding gaps.
- Stakeholders emphasize the need for cost-effective care, innovative solutions like telehealth, and community engagement to maintain access, as some states have already begun responding to the bill's effects.
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250K Washingtonians may lose Medicaid coverage
(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Patty Murray warned Friday that 14 hospitals in her home state of Washington may close due to Medicaid cuts in the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. President Donald Trump signed the roughly…
250K Washingtonians may lose Medicaid coverage - Washington Examiner
(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Patty Murray warned Friday that 14 hospitals in her home state of Washington may close due to Medicaid cuts in the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. President Donald Trump signed the roughly 900-page bill, which fulfills much of his agenda, into law on July 4. The budget reconciliation package is expected to increase the national deficit by around $4 trillion over the next decade, while reducing f…
Journalists Dig Into Megabill's Slashing of Medicaid. Plus, How To Avoid Tick Bites.
KFF Health News Nevada correspondent Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez discussed the potential impact of Medicaid cuts on rural hospitals on KNPR’s “State of Nevada” on July 17. Click here to hear Orozco Rodriguez on “State of Nevada.” Read Orozco Rodriguez’s “‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Would Batter Rural Hospital Finances, Researchers Say.” KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump’s mega…
Crisis in the Heartland | Some rural hospitals may face closure under Medicaid cuts
More than 60 million Americans get their health care from rural hospitals, which in many states can be the lifeblood of a community. They are not only the primary source of emergency, preventive, and specialized care, but also jobs and…
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