Trump and congressional Republicans ransacked over $1 trillion from Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act to bankroll tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations. Now, the consequences are rippling across the nation. In California, state officials are warning rural Californians to brace for devastating job losses and skyrocketing medical bills. In Wisconsin, Milwaukee residents held a resource fair to assist locals scrambling for care after a long-standing community clinic was forced to close its doors. In Virginia, one-third of the state’s rural hospitals are at either “immediate risk of closure” or “at risk of closure.”
Since Trump and Republicans rammed their callous health care cuts through Congress, over 900 hospitals, nursing homes, maternity wards, and other critical providers nationwide have shuttered, are at risk of closing, or have cut essential services families rely on. Every provider forced to close its doors will upend the lives of Americans of every stripe — from expectant moms pushed into maternity care deserts, to seniors kicked out of their nursing homes, and to rural Americans forced to embark on excruciating journeys for life-saving care. Come November, voters at the ballot box won’t forget that Republicans orchestrated this madness to make their rich donors richer.
Recent National Coverage
The Washington Post: When the Closest Hospital Is an Hour Away
America’s Essential Hospitals: Projected Increases in Hospital Uncompensated Care After Recent Legislation
Newsweek: Map Shows States With Hospitals at Immediate Risk of Closing
OncoDaily: Jordan Johnson: The Hidden Cancer Crisis Behind Rural Hospital Closures
MS Now: Opinion: A New White House Proposal Would More Than Triple Certain Cuts to Medicaid
The Gazette: Opinion: In the Land of Oz, There Are No Medicaid Cuts
Alabama
Becker’s ASC Review: Alabama Physician Practice to Close
WSFA: ‘I’ve Become Less Optimistic’ Says CEO as Jackson Hospital Sets Closing Deadline for BCBS Alabama Deal
Alabama Daily News: Montgomery’s Jackson Hospital Threatens to Close by July 1
Montgomery Advertiser: ‘Desperate’ Jackson Hospital May Close Soon, CEO Says
WSFA: County Commission Chairman Calls Jackson Hospital’s Potential Closure “A Desperate Situation,” but Insists There’s “Still Hope”
Black Belt News Network: Watch: Jackson Hospital in Montgomery May Close in June
Arkansas
Talk Business and Politics: Baptist Health to Cut Another 70 Fort Smith Hospital Jobs
California
Local News Matters: ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Threatens to Shutter Rural Hospitals, State Officials Warn
Modesto Bee: Stanislaus Community Won’t Have a Hospital Until 2035. What Officials Want to Do
The Press Democrat: Sonoma County Public Ambulance Providers Brace for Possible Federal Funding Cut
California City News: Glenn County Looks for Solutions After Closure of Its Only ER
District of Columbia
National Nurses United: Nurses at Washington D.C.’s Largest Hospital Call On Leadership to Reverse Planned Cuts to Maternal Health
Georgia
State Affairs: Medicaid Cuts Pushing Georgia Pediatric Clinics to the Brink
Indiana
Franklin Daily Journal: Optum Primary Care Closing Franklin Practice; Doctors Relocating
Current Publishing: Optum Primary Care Closing Its Zionsville Location June 26
Maine
Kennebec Journal: MaineGeneral Will Close Its Fairfield Eye Center in July
Portland Press Herald: Another Maine Hospital Could Close Its Birthing Center
Wiscasset Newspaper: Community Protests Possible Miles Labor and Delivery Closure
Missouri
National Nurses United: Nurses at Research Medical Center to Hold Rally Demanding Immediate Action on Unsafe Patient Care Conditions
Minnesota
Becker’s Hospital Review: Aspirus Hospital to End Home Health Services: 4 Things to Know
Mississippi
Mississippi Free Press: Greenwood Leflore Hospital Extends Projected Closure Date to July 31 as Attempts to Stay Open Continue
Mississippi Today: Greenwood Leflore Hospital Tells Employees It Could Close by July 31
New Jersey
WCAU: Patients Stunned as Dermatology Offices Suddenly Close Amid Staffing, Pay Issues
New Mexico
KOB: Presbyterian to Lay Off More Than 100 Employees, Shift Health Care Offerings
KOAT: Presbyterian Healthcare Services to Lay Off Workers and Discontinue Some Health Plans
Albuquerque Journal: Presbyterian Healthcare Services to Drop Most Medicare Advantage Plans, Cut 150 Jobs
New York
WKBW: Springville Nursing Home Set to Close, Workers and Residents Face Uncertainty
Sullivan County Democrat: Crystal Run Announces Rock Hill OB-GYN Closure
Buffalo Business First: Bertrand Chaffee Hospital’s Nursing Home to Shutter Amid Mounting Losses
Becker’s Hospital Review: New York Hospital to Close Nursing Home Amid Expansion Plans
Springville Journal: Jennie B. Richmond Nursing Home Set to Close
WHAM: Wayne County EMS Providers Prepare for Expected Closure of Newark-Wayne Birthing Center
Finger Lakes 1: Wayne County EMS Braces for Birthing Center Closure
Oregon
Lookout Eugene-Springfield: McKenzie-Willamette Poised for Nonprofit Ownership as Medicaid Cuts Loom
Pennsylvania
WFMZ: Bucks County Nursing Home Announces Sale, Staff Layoffs
Virginia
WRIC: ‘We’ve Got a Crisis,’ Says Lawmaker With One-Third of Virginia’s Rural Hospitals at Risk of Closing
WDBJ: Thirteen Rural Hospitals in Virginia at Risk of Closing
WSET: 13 Rural Hospitals in the Commonwealth at Risk of Closure, Report Finds
Wisconsin
WDJT: City on a Hill Health Clinic Closes, Resource Fair Helps Connect Displaced Patients
KDHL: Which Wisconsin Hospitals Are Now At Risk Of Closing?
West Virginia
WVNS: Locals Raise Concerns About the Future of Welch Community Hospital