US EditionLimited Hospital Access Disproportionately Harms People Incarcerated in Rural Areas | News Channel 3-12
As of August 2025, 14% of rural hospitals face closure, threatening emergency care access for rural communities and increasing health risks for incarcerated populations.
- As of August 2025, analysts found 14% of rural hospitals—322 in total—are at immediate risk of closing, while the Trump administration's Medicaid changes in the 2025 budget reconciliation bill will strain their finances.
- Amid rising medical needs in correctional systems, people over 55 now make up five times more of the incarcerated population than 30 years ago, while a 2024 National Consumer Law Center report found sheriffs shifted costs using medical bonds.
- Nearly 783,200 incarcerated people are in rural counties, with 21 rural hospitals in Texas at immediate risk, highlighting healthcare strain.
- Incarcerated people face higher mortality, and loss of rural hospitals will likely worsen mortality in rural jails and prisons, while Virginia civil rights cases show persistent legal conflicts over care.
- A rural survivor's testimony underscores that public investment programs saved her life, illustrating that communities depend on this support, a powerful warning for America's healthcare future, advocates say.
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Limited hospital access disproportionately harms people incarcerated in rural areas
JoshuaDaniel // Shutterstock Nearly 783,200 of the total 1.3 million people who are incarcerated in this country are locked up in rural counties, areas that are more likely to face hospital closures, according to the Prison Policy Initiative, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research and advocacy organization working to expose the harm of mass incarceration. The Trump administration’s changes to Medicaid in the 2025 budget reconciliation bill will mak…
Limited hospital access disproportionately harms people incarcerated in rural areas
JoshuaDaniel // Shutterstock Nearly 783,200 of the total 1.3 million people who are incarcerated in this country are locked up in rural counties, areas that are more likely to face hospital closures, according to the Prison Policy Initiative, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research and advocacy organization working to expose the harm of mass incarceration. The Trump administration’s changes to Medicaid in the 2025 budget reconciliation bill will mak…
Limited hospital access disproportionately harms people incarcerated in rural areas
JoshuaDaniel // Shutterstock Nearly 783,200 of the total 1.3 million people who are incarcerated in this country are locked up in rural counties, areas that are more likely to face hospital closures, according to the Prison Policy Initiative, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research and advocacy organization working to expose the harm of mass incarceration. The Trump administration’s changes to Medicaid in the 2025 budget reconciliation bill will mak…
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Daily KosCaller: “Trump’s Cuts Would Have Killed Me”—A Rural Hospital Survival Story
A rural caller describes how publicly funded emergency care saved her life—and how Trump’s cuts would have left her to die. A powerful warning for America’s healthcare future. The post Caller: “Trump’s Cuts Would Have Killed Me”—A Rural Hospital Survival Story appeared first on EgbertoWillies.com.
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