Headlines From National Outlets and 17 States
No matter how hard the GOP tries to ignore their health care crisis by shutting down the government and fleeing Washington, it won’t go away. News outlets from national networks to small town papers have been running stories of shuttered hospitals, nursing homes, and health clinics ever since Donald Trump and congressional Republicans slashed health care to fund tax breaks for billionaires.
The GOP health care crisis is not only deeply unpopular, but it puts millions of American lives on the line every single day. Yesterday, a Texas patient with a traumatic injury had to be flown to a regional trauma center after spending precious minutes seeking care at a local ER that the Republican health care cuts just shut down. Stories like this will only become more common if Trump and Republicans continue to prioritize tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy over health care for working people.
Protect Our Care’s Hospital Crisis Watch is tracking the harm Donald Trump and Republicans’ spending bill is inflicting on American health care in real time – community by community, hospital by hospital. Last week, Protect Our Care and U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) announced a grim milestone of 500 providers closing or at risk because of the GOP health care crisis.
NBC News: Rural Hospitals Are Closing Across the U.S.
ABC: ‘It Can Be a Loss of Life’: First Responders Detail the Deadly Cost of Rural Hospital Closures
POLITICO: Hospital-At-Home Program Collateral Damage of the Shutdown
MSNBC: Opinion: I’m an ER Doctor. JD Vance’s Claims About Immigrants and Wait Times Are Just Wrong.
HealthLeaders: OBBBA Impact on Medicaid Disenrollment Could Cause 71% Drop in Net Income
California
FOX 11: Another IE Hospital Closing Its Maternity Ward
The Guardian: Rural US Town Outraged as Only Hospital Forced to Shut: ‘I Would Have Died Without It’
Becker’s Hospital Review: ‘Never Seen Before’: Why Are California Hospitals Taking a Hit?
LAist: Maternity Ward Closing
KTLA: Southern California Hospital to Discontinue Maternity Ward in 2026
HealthLeaders: Another Hospital in Socal Will Close Its Maternity Ward. Here’s Where Things Stand
The Business Journal: Planned Parenthood Completes Layoffs of 15 Positions in Fresno, Madera
Lake County News: Adventist Pulls Out of Clearlake Health Project Amid Looming Medicaid Cuts
Orange County Register: Planned Parenthood Closes Melody Health, Lays off 81 Staff
Colorado
Greeley Tribune: Greeley Medical Leaders Warn Medicaid Cuts Will Destabilize Communities
Florida
POLITICO: Florida Set to Lose $3.8B in Medicaid Funds Under ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’
Flagler Live: Trump’s ‘Beautiful’ Bill Cuts $3.8 Billion From Florida’s Healthcare System, Hurting Hospitals and the Poor
Georgia
WABE: Nurses Union Warns Georgia Will See More Rural Health Care Losses Under ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Cuts
Indiana
Axios Indianapolis: Indiana’s Rural Hospitals Can’t Afford “One Big Beautiful Bill”
Indianapolis Star: State and Federal Cuts Spell Trouble Even in Trump Country. What Do Residents Think?
Journal Review: MoCo Free Clinic Braces for the Next Healthcare Shock
Kansas
Dodge City Daily Globe: Impact of Federal Funding Losses Discussed at Session
The Iola Register: Freeman Drops Plans for Frontenac Hospital
Kentucky
Daily Kos: Kentucky Town Loses Senior Care Center Because of Trump
Minnesota
Post Bulletin: Letter: ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Threatens Rural Health Care
Minn Post: Minnesota Hospitals Hoped for a $1 Billion Windfall, but the OBBBA Has Killed Their Plan
Waseca County News: Small Town Clinic Closures Worry Local Leaders
Montana
Montana Free Press: Missoula’s Community Medical Center Expands Maternity Care as St. Patrick Hospital Closes Its Delivery Unit
New York
Mid Hudson News: Residents Blast Federal “Big, Beautiful Bill”; Common Council Refers Resolution Back to Committee
Buffalo Toronto Public Media: Another Planned Closure for Kaleida Health. This Time, It’s a Family Planning Clinic
North Carolina
NC Health News: Rural Health Transformation Program Won’t Make Up for Federal Budget Cuts, Experts Agree
North Dakota
Jamestown Sun: One Big Beautiful Bill Act Health-Related Changes Can Have a Negative Impact on Rural North Dakota
Ohio
Cincinnati.com: Cincinnati Hospitals Are Cutting Costs. How Patients and Employees Are Affected
Pennsylvania
FOX 56: Susquehanna Clinic Fears Medicaid Cuts Could Threaten Access to Crucial Rural Healthcare
South Dakota
Argus Leader: Select Specialty Hospital to Leave Sioux Falls Market Following Closure Inside Sanford
Sioux Falls Business: Select Specialty Hospital to close in Sioux Falls
Keloland: Select Specialty Hospital Inside Sanford to Close
Modern Healthcare: Layoffs, Closures Tracker: South Dakota Hospital to Close
Texas
WFAA: Injured Person Flown to Trauma Center After Showing Up at Recently-Closed North Texas Hospital
NBC DFW: Two Hunt County ERs Close as Rural Hospitals Face Funding Crisis
FOX 4: 76 Texas Rural Hospitals on Life Support as State Seeks $50B Federal Lifeline=
KERA News: Rural Hospital Leaders: Lack of Support, Local Input Could Mean More Hospital Closures in Texas
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Independent: Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Halting Abortion Care After Medicaid Funding Cuts