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Medicaid cuts could add pressure to already-stressed psychiatric units
- Federal Medicaid cuts could significantly impact hospital psychiatric units, which are already struggling to provide essential mental health care to people in need.
- Psychiatric units often lose money for hospitals because they are costly and receive lower reimbursement rates compared to other health services.
- From 2023 to 2024, 126 hospitals in the U.S. closed their inpatient psychiatric units, according to data from the American Hospital Association.
- The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law by President Donald Trump, is expected to reduce federal Medicaid spending by about $886.8 billion over the next decade, increasing uninsured rates and limiting states' ability to secure federal funding.
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