With the passage of Trump and the GOP’s big, ugly bill, hospitals and care facilities around the country are preparing for the worst: service cuts, mass layoffs, or even closure. The Republican bill made the largest cuts to health care in history, by slashing 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 Republicans’ massive cuts, cash-strapped health care centers, clinics, and nursing homes will lose critical revenue while dealing with greater costs from more uncompensated care. Seniors, people with disabilities, expectant mothers, and cancer patients will have to travel further to get care and endure longer wait times in overwhelmed emergency rooms. Hospital closures will lead to job cuts and hurt local economies, particularly in rural America. As these care facilities close, entire communities will be left without access to care, all so Trump and the Republicans could give more tax breaks to the rich.
The Hill: Hospitals Across Nation Brace for Medicaid Cuts Under ‘Big, Beautiful’ Law
Kiplinger: What to Know About New Medicaid Cuts: Is Your Local Hospital Closing Soon?
Common Dreams: ‘Hospital Crisis Watch’ Tracks Healthcare Center Closures Under Trump-GOP Budget Law
InsideHealthPolicy: $50B Rural Health Program Open For Applications Amid Skepticism Over Its Ability To Offset Medicaid Cuts
KFF Health News: In Rush To Satisfy Trump, GOP Delivers Blow to Health Industry
Medscape: Looming Medicaid Cuts Seen Harming Primary Care
The Detroit News: Michigan Medicaid Program Faces $15B Hit as ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Affects Rural Counties
Chicago Tribune: Chicago’s Safety Net Hospitals Face Potential Service Cuts, Layoffs After Signing of ‘Big, Beautiful’ Tax Bill
Bucks County Courier Times: Medicaid Cuts Will Likely Affect Bucks County Hospitals. How Much? They Aren’t Saying Yet
Connecticut Inside Investigator: Big, Beautiful Bill Could Cost CT $375 Million in Hospital Taxes
Georgia Recorder: ‘The Most Draconian Cuts Imaginable’: Health Care Providers, Advocates Brace for Medicaid Cuts
WKYC: Emergency Services in Rural Ohio At Risk Amid Deep Medicaid Cuts
WFLD: Senator Dick Durbin Warns of Hospital Closures
MinnPost: ‘Seismic’ Medicaid Changes Will Be Rough on Rural Hospitals