GOP Budget Threatens Rural Hospitals Across Several States

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…

Trump cuts could leave 250,000 Washingtonians without health coverage, shutter rural hospitals

State leaders and hospital officials say the so-called "Big Beautiful Bill" signed into law earlier this month by President Donald Trump could impact the access of hundreds of thousands of Washington residents to health care, especially in rural parts of the state.

Rural hospitals 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…

Medicaid cuts could cost Maine hospitals $66 million a year, report finds

U.S. House Republicans are debating cutbacks to Medicaid, the health care program for lower-income Americans and some people with disabilities. (Photo by Thomas Barwick/Getty Images)Maine hospitals are projected to lose more than $66 million per year in revenue because of Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” That’s according to a national nonprofit organization, Third Way, that calculated minimum estimates of how much…

Hospitals concerned about charity care expansion, Medicaid cuts

MDI Hospital in Bar Harbor is one of four hospitals in Maine that have closed their birthing units this year. Rural hospitals are expected to face particular strain under federal cuts to Medicaid. Photo by Kate Cough.A new law expands who is eligible for charity care in Maine while federal Medicaid cuts are expected to push tens of thousands off public insurance. A law signed by Gov. Janet Mills earlier this month will make more people in Maine …

Medicaid changes: Q&A with Jeff Reynolds, Rural Hospital Coalition of Louisiana • Louisiana Illuminator

(Getty Images)This is an abbreviated transcript of a July 16 interview with Jeff Reynolds, executive director of the Rural Hospital Coalition of Louisiana, which represents 49 rural hospitals in 41 parishes. Reynolds also worked for 30 years at the Louisiana Department of Health, including five years as the agency’s undersecretary and chief financial officer for Govs. Bobby Jindal and John Bel Edwards. In that role, he oversaw the state’s Medica…