Hospital Crisis Watch: Republican Health Care Cuts Sever “Lifelines” Families Depend on as Communities “Mourn” Loss of Local Providers

Hospital Crisis Watch: Republican Health Care Cuts Sever “Lifelines” Families Depend on as Communities “Mourn” Loss of Local Providers

Hospital Crisis Watch: Republican Health Care Cuts Sever “Lifelines” Families Depend on as Communities “Mourn” Loss of Local Providers Nationwide, over 1,200 hospitals, clinics, wards, and nursing homes are facing closure or cuts after Donald Trump and Republicans gutted Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act to fund tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations, and the list keeps growing by the week.  In rural Montana, the Seeley Lake Clinic is closing its doors for good, cutting off another small community from the life-saving care they’ve relied on for years. In New York, expectant mothers and families are mourning the loss of their local birthing center, left to figure out on their own where to turn when it’s time to deliver. In Georgia, Grady Health System is cutting nurses’ pay by 40%, citing Republicans ripping away health care tax credits that hard-working families relied on to afford coverage.  From coast to coast, families are living through the same story: care that keeps disappearing, costs that keep skyrocketing, and communities left without access to life-saving care. As Republicans double down on these cuts heading into November, it will only keep getting worse.  Recent National Coverage STAT: Hospitals Pursue Deals to Ensure Survival as Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Loom MS Now: Opinion: The Bill for Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Is Coming Due — For Everyone Becker’s Hospital Review: 59 Hospitals Closing Departments or Ending Services Georgetown University: Access to Maternity Care in Rural Areas Likely to Get Worse Due to Medicaid Cuts  Arkansas Hot Springs Sentinel Record: Arkansas Maternity Care Deserts Hit Close to Home in Garland County, Report Finds California San Bernardino Sun: SAC Health Lays off 49 Workers to Close Budget Gap of $10M KABC: Laguna Beach Residents Push to Keep Emergency Room Open as Providence Plans Hospital Changes National Nurses United: Ventura County RNs to Protest Elimination of Emergency and Acute Care Services at Santa Paula Hospital Spectrum News 1: Community Raises Concerns Over 2030 Santa Paula Hospital Closure New York Post: California Healthcare Company Abruptly Slashes 700 Jobs Georgia Atlanta Journal Constitution: Grady Cuts Pandemic-Era Pay Bump for Nurses Illinois Hyde Park Herald: Illinois Hospitals to Lose Billions Through Medicaid Policy Change, Study Finds WMAQ: Plan to Close Birthing Facilities at 3 Chicago-Area Hospitals Enrages Officials Shaw: Underwood Among Those Voicing Concerns After Prime Healthcare Suspends Obstetrician Unit at Aurora Hospital Capitol News Illinois: Illinois Hospitals to Lose Billions Through Medicaid Policy Change, Study Finds Iowa Charles City Press: Floyd County Medical Center Closes Midwife Program KTTC: North Iowa Mom Creates Petition to Save FCMC Midwife Program KTTC: Midwife From Closed Iowa Program Joins Regional Health Services Kansas Kansas City Beacon: KC Hospitals See More Patients Without Insurance — And Expect Many More Louisiana KLFY: Ville Platte Officials Fight to Save Mercy Regional Medical Center Maine Spectrum News: Legislative Committee Asks MaineHealth to Keep Damariscotta Birthing Center Open Maryland Maryland Matters: Local Officials Look to Fill in Gaps Left by Closure of Birthing Center in Cecil County Massachusetts Commonwealth Beacon: Massachusetts’s Dwindling Maternity Care Michigan MLive: Trinity Health to Lay Off 557 Workers in Livonia as It Outsources It Jobs KFF Health News: Earlier Lifeline for Rural Hospitals Faces Test Under ‘Big Beautiful’ Law Minnesota MPR: For St. Paul’s Most Vulnerable Patients, the Distance to Healthcare Is Growing Hoodline: St. Paul Clinic Closures Leave Homeless Patients Facing a Two-Mile Gap in Care MPR: Minnesota Is Losing Hospital Obstetrics Units Faster Than Most States, New Data Finds MinneapoliMedia: Minnesota Has Lost 29 Hospital Obstetrics Units Since 2010 as Access to Maternity Care Shrinks Montana Becker’s ASC Review: Rural Montana Clinic to Close KPAX:  Partnership Health Care’s Seeley Lake Clinic to Close by October’s End KECI: Partnership Health Center Announces Seeley Lake Clinic Will Close This October New York Finger Lakes Times: Wayne County Mourns the Closure of Marshall Birthing Center Times of Wayne County: Following Closure of Birthing Unit, What’s Next at Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Spectrum News 1: Resident Reacts to Care Center at Sunset Lake Rehab’s Closure Finger Lakes 1: Newark-Wayne Birthing Center Closure Raises Regional Concerns Finger Lakes 1: What Happens Next to the Former Birthing Unit at Newark-Wayne Community Hospital? WKBW: Catholic Health Closing Mercy Diagnostic and Treatment Center in West Seneca in 2027 Becker’s Hospital Review: New York Health System to Close Diagnostic Center Oregon KOIN: Mid-Willamette Valley Health Systems Finalize Merger After Months-Long Process Portland Oregonian: A Lifeline for Oregon Mothers Battling Addiction Is Going Away Oregon Public Broadcasting: ‘I Didn’t Get Into Healthcare to Watch It Disappear’: Tensions Boil Over Eastern Oregon Hospital Cutbacks Texas KVIA: Local Hospitals Feel the Impact of President Trump’s Medicaid Fund Cuts The Paisano: Texas Hospitals Lose $27 Million Daily Due to Medicaid Cuts Texas Tribune: AG Ken Paxton Hasn’t Challenged the Trump Administration Over Texas’ $10-Billion Medicaid Cut Even Though He Sued Biden The Bond Buyer: Texas Hospitals’ Financial Headwinds Include Medicaid Funding Losses, Closure Risks Vermont WTSA: Brattleboro Hospital Weighs Federal Status as It Races to Keep Birthing Center Alive Washington Spokane Spokesman Review: MultiCare to Close Multiple Clinics by the End of Year The post Hospital Crisis Watch: Republican Health Care Cuts Sever “Lifelines” Families Depend on as Communities “Mourn” Loss of Local Providers appeared first on Protect Our Care.