US EditionSenate GOP Mulls Shielding Rural Hospitals From Medicaid Cuts
KANAWHA COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA, JUN 20 – Proposed Medicaid cuts could force rural hospitals to reduce services or close, risking coverage loss for 1.8 million rural residents by 2034, advocates warn.
- The Senate Finance Committee released a draft budget bill that would cap provider taxes at 3.5% and impose work requirements on Medicaid expansion states.
- This proposal follows House Republicans' recent approval of a tax and spending package increasing the SALT cap to $40,000, while the Senate resists raising it.
- Rural hospitals, heavily reliant on Medicaid and often sole care providers, face severe risks of funding loss, service cuts, and possible closures under these changes.
- Experts estimate 1.8 million rural residents could lose Medicaid coverage by 2034, with cuts removing $29 billion to $55 billion over a decade and threatening 142,000 healthcare jobs.
- Opponents, including hospital associations and Senator Josh Hawley, urge safeguards for rural providers to protect healthcare access and state budgets amid Medicaid cuts.
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Senate GOP mulls shielding rural hospitals from Medicaid cuts
Senate Republicans say they are looking for ways to safeguard rural hospitals from proposed cuts to a key Medicaid funding method, amid concerns from the powerful hospital lobby and others that the budget reconciliation bill could force many facilities to close.The draft text that the Senate Finance Committee released this week reduces the ability of states who expanded Medicaid under the 2010 health care law to levy taxes on providers to fund t…
Cuellar: Proposed cuts to Medicaid could force rural hospitals to close their doors – Rio Grande Guardian
Hello everyone and thank you for being here today. I would like to especially thank the Starr County Memorial Hospital board and the administrative team for partaking in this discussion. It’s an honor to join our healthcare professionals today, those who work every day to keep our communities healthy, safe and strong. We gather at a pivotal moment right now. Our rural hospitals, our health care workers and our patients face a threat. That thre…
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Rural Health Leaders Warn of Growing Gaps as Medicaid Cuts and Federal Shifts Loom
Managed Healthcare Executive spoke with Ohio Rural Health Association leaders Rosanna Scott and Beth Kluding and Marcel Botha, CEO of healthcare technology company 10XBeta, to discuss how proposed Medicaid cuts and federal program changes could affect rural healthcare access, infrastructure and community well-being.
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