With the passage of Donald Trump and the GOP’s big, ugly bill, hospitals, care facilities, and nursing homes around the country are preparing for the worst: service cuts, mass layoffs, or even closure. The GOP tax bill made the largest cuts to health care in American history, slashing over $1 trillion from Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act and ripping health care from 17 million Americans, in order to pay for tax breaks for the wealthy and big corporations. With these draconian Republican cuts, cash-strapped health centers, clinics, and nursing homes will lose critical revenue while dealing with greater costs from more uncompensated care. People across the country, including seniors, people with disabilities, expectant mothers, and cancer patients, will face higher health care costs, have to travel further to get care, and endure longer wait times in overwhelmed emergency rooms. As hospitals and nursing homes close, people will lose jobs, local and state economies will suffer, and entire communities will be left without access to care, all so Trump and the Republicans could give more tax breaks to the rich.
Protect Our Care’s Hospital Crisis Watch is tracking the harm Donald Trump and Republicans’ spending bill is inflicting on America’s health care system in real time – community by community, hospital by hospital. Hospitals are closing, care is vanishing, and the American people deserve to know who’s responsible.
The Latest:
Union Democrat: ‘This Will Harm Everyone In Our Community’: Tuolumne County’s Only Hospital Braces For Medicaid Cuts
Las Cruces Bulletin: Medicaid Cuts Could Hurt Hospitals, Families
41 WMGT/NBC: Georgia Health Leaders Warn Federal Budget Law Could Force Hospital Closures, Cut Medicaid and Snap
Eagle Tribune: Crisis In The Heartland: Rural Hospitals Face Closure Under Medicaid Cuts
Investopedia: Higher Premiums And Packed ERs: 6 Ways Medicaid Cuts Will Affect You, Even If You’re Not On Medicaid
Interlochen Public Radio: How Medicaid Cuts Could Hit Northern Michigan Hospitals
Canton Repository: Medicaid Work Requirements, Rural Hospitals: What ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Means For Ohio
Union Bulletin: Big Beautiful Bill Cuts To Medicaid Will Quake Virginia Hospitals, Health Care Experts Say
5NewsOnline: Medicaid Cuts Could Overwhelm Arkansas Emergency Rooms, Clinic Executive Director Says
12WBOY: Medicaid Cuts Raise Worries For Rural West Virginia Hospitals
5NewsOnline: How Rural Arkansas Hospitals Could Be Affected By Medicaid Cuts
Tahlequah Daily Press/Oklahoma Voice: States Scramble To Shield Hospitals From GOP Medicaid Cuts
Michigan Public Radio: Trump Medicaid Cuts Could Risk Closing Three Michigan Hospitals
Gig Harbor Now: Impact Of Medicaid Reductions Will Reach Far Beyond Those Covered By Medicaid
Courier-Herald: Medicaid Cuts Projected To Heavily Impact, Strain Local Hospitals
Native News Online: ‘There’s No Plan B’: Medicaid Cuts Threaten Native American Access To Healthcare
WAFB9: How Could Medicaid Changes Impact You, Your Rural Hospital?
Minnesota Public Radio: Medicaid Cuts Expected To Disproportionately Affect Rural Hospitals In Minnesota
MLive.Com: 3 Things To Know About Medicaid Cuts And Where Michigan Could Be Most Affected
Rewire News Group: Rural Hospitals Will Be Hit Hard By Trump’s Signature Spending Package
Mon Valley Independent: Medicaid Cuts Could ‘Devastate’ Access To Care In Rural Pa.
The Land: More Than 300 Hospitals At Risk Of Closure Under Medicaid Cuts
WRIC ABC 8News: Hospitals Across Nation Brace For Medicaid Cuts Under ‘Big, Beautiful’ Law
Kitsap Sun: Potential For ‘Pretty Dire Consequences’ For WA Health Care Due To Trump’s Budget Bill
The Center Square: Nevada Hospitals Set To Lose $232 Million From Medicaid Cuts
Portland Business Journal: Oregon Hospitals Most At-Risk From Medicaid Cuts
WCRZ: 3 Hospitals Closing? McLaren, Ascension and U of M Locations at Risk
WilliametteWeek.com: Oregon Hospitals Are Bracing for Medicaid Cuts That Will Hit Harder Here Than in Most States