After health care drove last week’s blue tsunami, bringing Democrats to a commanding majority in both the House and the Senate, Republicans have nowhere to run from their betrayal. Last year, Trump and Republicans in Congress sold out working families’ health care when they slashed over $1 trillion from Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to fund tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations. They deliberately unleashed a health care affordability crisis to pad the pockets of their billionaire buddies, thinking voters wouldn’t notice when their wait times grew longer, their drives to the nearest maternity wards doubled, or when their long-standing community clinics closed their doors. Since Republicans’ cuts, over 1,250 hospitals, clinics, and essential service providers have closed, cut services, or are at risk of doing so, and everyone, from California to Maine, has experienced the fallout.
The American people are demanding change, and Democrats are ready to deliver. From day one, Democrats have vowed to make health care their #1 priority, reversing the devastating Medicaid cuts, restoring the enhanced premium tax credits, and lowering prescription drug costs so that every American can have access to high-quality, affordable health care. The days of Trump and Republicans’ war on health care is over, and the fight for affordable health care has begun.
National
Wall Street Journal: Hospitals Are So Crowded Patients Spend 24 Hours in the E.R. Hallways
STAT: Democrats’ Midterm Landslide Spells Relief for Hospitals
Becker’s Hospital Review: 148 Rural Hospitals Have Ended or Plan to End Labor and Delivery Services Since 2020: Analysis
Reuters: US Hospitals Brace for Tougher 2027 as Coverage Losses and Medicaid Cuts Loom
Bloomberg: Risk of Rural Hospital Closures Looms Over Some House Races
Health Leaders: Rural Maternity Care Closures Highlight Financial Challenges for Hospital Leaders
Becker’s ASC Review: 4 Physician Practice Closures in 1 Month
Becker’s Hospital Review: 8 Systems Closing, Selling Home Care Programs in 2026
Fierce Healthcare: Post-Midterms, Hospitals Still Face a Long Road to Policy Relief, Advisers Warn
Newsweek: The Hospitals Treating America’s Heartland Are in Danger of Closing
Becker’s Hospital Review: 698 Rural Hospitals at Risk of Closing, by State
Stat (Jonathan Kohler and Mary King): Opinion: Emergency Pediatric Care Is Now in Permanent Crisis Mode
Agence France Presse: Rural US hospitals, collateral victims of Trump politics
Chief Healthcare Executive: Hundreds of Small, Rural Hospitals Could Close. Many Are in Big States.
Health Care Un-Covered: Nearly 700 Rural Hospitals Are at Risk of Closing. Big Insurers Are Making It Worse.
CBS: Hospital Beds for the Nation’s Sickest Kids Are Disappearing
Newsweek (Don Meyer): Rural Hospitals Should Review Claims Before Cutting Care | Opinion
The Guardian (Eugene Livtak): Letters: Looming Medicaid Cuts Mean That US Hospitals Must Prepare for a Perfect Storm
Becker’s Hospital Review: Rural Hospital Layoffs Rise in 2026 as Closures Fall
Becker’s Hospital Review: 70 Hospitals Closing Departments or Ending Services
Becker’s Hospital Review: Medicaid Cuts Put 300+ Rural Hospitals at Risk of Closure: AHA
Alabama
1819 News: Over Half of Alabama Rural Hospitals Are Bleeding Money — See Which Are ‘At Risk’ of Closure
California
Berkeleyside: Sutter Abandons Plan for New Emeryville Hospital Pitched as Replacement for Alta Bates
KQED: Sutter Abandons Plan for New Emeryville Hospital Pitched as Replacement for Alta Bates
The Pajaronian: PVHCD Board Recommends Closure of Watsonville Community Hospital’s Labor & Delivery, NICU
Lookout Santa Cruz: Watsonville Community Hospital Board Votes to Close Maternity Services, NICU Despite Pushback From Community Members
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Watsonville Community Hospital Moves to Close Its Labor, Delivery, NICU Services
Voice of OC: Laguna Beach Doubles Down On Efforts to Save City’s Only Emergency Room
Lookout Santa Cruz: Watsonville Community Hospital May Close Maternity Services to Avoid Shutting Down
The American Prospect: What a Health Care Crisis Looks Like on the Ground
The Pajaronian: Watsonville Hospital Considers Closing Mother-Baby Services, as Possible Closure Within One Year Looms
The Pajaronian (Felipe Hernandez): Opinion: We Saved Our Hospital. Our Community Deserves Answers Before Essential Services Are Lost.
KSBW: Watsonville Hospital Faces Possible Closure as It Loses $86,000 a Day
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Watsonville Hospital Holds Community Meeting Amid Potential Closure of Labor, Delivery Department
Lookout Santa Cruz: Watsonville Community Hospital Board to Consider Closing Maternity Services, NICU at Wednesday Meeting
Colorado
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel: Retina Specialty Center Closure Spurs Service Shake-Up
Georgia
The 19th: New Arrivals in the ER? Georgia Gears Up to Solve Rural Maternal Health Crisis
Illinois
CBS Chicago: Roseland Community Hospital Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
WTTW: Chicago-Area Mothers Struggle to Find Care as Labor and Delivery Units End Services
CBS Chicago: Community Worried With Closure of Labor and Delivery Unit at Roseland Community Hospital
WMAQ: Roseland Hospital Closes Labor and Delivery Unit Amid Similar Closures Across Chicago Area
CBS Chicago: Lawmakers, Nurses Fight Closure of Labor and Delivery Unit at Roseland Community Hospital
WGN: Maternity Ward at Roseland Hospital Faces Shutdown in Two Days
WLS: Rally to Be Held at Roseland Community Hospital in Hopes to Stop Closure of Labor and Delivery Unit
The Center Square: Choate to Stay Open After Lawsuit, New Bills Filed
Chicago Tribune: Potential Buyer of Weiss and West Suburban Hospitals Has Mixed Track Record
Block Club Chicago: Roseland Hospital Maternity Ward Closure A Huge Blow To South Side Parents: ‘What Is The Plan?’
WFLD: Cook County Commissioner Pushes to Stop Roseland Hospital Labor and Delivery Closure
Iowa
Becker’s ASC Review: Iowa Physician Practice to Shutter, Consolidate Services
KWWL: CVMS Ceases Operations as Doctors and Practices Move Forward Independently
KWWL: CVMS Announces Immediate End to All Operations; Employees Placed on Furlough
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: Cedar Valley Medical Specialists Announces Closure Following Legal Action
Heartland Signal: Zach Nunn and Medicaid Cuts: Iowa Clinics Close in the 3rd District
Kentucky
WPKY: Fast Pace Health Urgent Care Closing Princeton Clinic
Maine
Maine Beacon: Midcoast Mothers, Family Physicians Fight MaineHealth’s Birthing Unit Closure
Maryland
Becker’s Hospital Review: TidalHealth Shutters Rural Primary Care Clinic
WMDT: TidalHealth to Close Rural Primary Care Center in Federalsburg
WBAL: Healthcare Desert Grows as Maryland Hospitals Close, EMS Crews Face Longer ER Runs
WBOC: “It Is a Loss to the Community”: TidalHealth Primary Care Facility in Federalsburg Set to Close in November
Becker’s ASC Review: TidalHealth to Shutter Maryland Primary Care Practice
Massachusetts
Boston Globe: ‘Kind of Heartbreaking’: Mass General Brigham to Close Its Only Primary Care Clinic in Downtown Crossing
Hoodline: Downtown Crossing Clinic to Close Dec. 18 as Its Building Is Set for Housing Conversion
Boston Globe: MGB Doctor Treating PANS/PANDAS Patients to Leave the Hospital at the End of the Year
Boston Globe: Mass General Brigham Makes Layoffs for Second Time in Two Years
CBS Boston: Mass General Brigham Layoffs Reportedly Underway, Along With Home Hospital Program Cuts
Modern Healthcare: Mass General Brigham Makes Cuts to Hospital-At-Home Program
Boston Business Journal: Mass General Brigham Eliminates Programs as Financial Situation ‘Continues to Deteriorate’
Boston Globe: ‘The Treatment Saved Me’: Families Stunned by Mgb Decision to End Program for Controversial Pediatric Condition
Minnesota
Minnesota Public Radio: Sanford to End Labor and Delivery Services in Luverne
Minnesota Star Tribune: Minnesota Loses Another Birth Center, This Time in Luverne
WDIO: Minnesota Hospitals Face Growing Healthcare Crisis as Essential Care Program Are Cut
Minnesota Star Tribune: Warning From Minnesota Hospitals: The Financial Crisis Is Arriving
KTTC: Minnesota Hospitals Warn of ‘Crisis of Care’ Amid Mounting Cost Increases
Missouri
Kansas City Star: Children’s Mercy Announces Layoffs for 100+ Employees: ‘We Face Rising Costs’
KCTV: Children’s Mercy Hospital Cuts 115 Jobs, Shifts 470+ Workers
Montana
Montana Free Press: Benefis to Close Clinic in Great Falls, End Behavioral Health Services
KRTV: Benefis Health System to Restructure Services, Citing Financial Pressure
Nebraska
News/Talk 1400: Nebraska Hospital Association Calls for Reversal of Federal Medicaid Cuts
New York
Albany Times-Union: ‘Not Credible’: Court Holds Sullivan County Officials in Contempt Over Nursing Home’s Controversial Closure
News 12 Hudson Valley: Judge Finds Sullivan County in Criminal Contempt Over Nursing Home Transfers
Syracuse Post-Standard: Drakos Closes Original Urgent Care Center in Clay, but Hints at ‘Something New’ Soon
Radio Catskill: Lawsuit Challenges Sullivan County’s Handling of Senior Home Closure
WHAM: Waterview Heights Closure Adds Pressure to Rochester Hospitals Already Short on Beds
WHAM: After Troubled Rochester Nursing Home Shuts Doors, Warnings of Larger Crisis Looms
WWNY: Claxton-Hepburn Labor and Delivery Closure Delayed
Spectrum: Waterview Heights Closure Sparks Concern for Nursing Home Bed Shortage
WHEC: Over 200 Workers Are Being Laid off as Waterview Heights Closes
North Carolina
Albemarle Observer: Martin County Faces $75,000 Monthly Jail Costs as Hospital Reopening
Efforts Continue
New Hampshire
Keene Sentinel (Editorial): Sentinel Opinion: Clinic Closing; It Keeps Getting Harder for Winchester Residents to Access Health Care
Ohio
WFMJ: Senator Contacted Regarding St. Joe’s Labor & Delivery Unit Closure
WFMJ: More Local, State Leaders Condemn Planned Closure of Saint Joseph Labor & Delivery Unit
WFMJ: St. Joseph Hospital Labor and Delivery Employees Respond to Unit Closure
WFMJ: St. Joseph Hospital to Close Its Labor and Delivery Unit in December
Warren Tribune Chronicle: St. Joseph Hospital Will Close Maternity Ward
WFMJ: Niles Mayor Urges St. Joseph Hospital to Reconsider Labor and Delivery Unit Closure
WFMJ: Ohio Nurses Association Condemns Closure of St. Joseph Labor/Delivery Unit
WFMJ: Trumbull Commissioner’s Letter Outlines Concerns About St. Joseph Hospital Closing Labor and Delivery Unit
WFMJ: Community Reacts to Warren’s St. Joseph Hospital Cutting Labor and Delivery Unit
Oklahoma
KFOR: New Data Shows 44 Oklahoma Rural Hospitals Face Closure
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Post Gazette: ‘Betting Against the Odds’: Struggling Sharon Regional Hospital to Suspend Operations
Sharon Herald: UPDATE: Sharon Regional Moving ER Patients as Hospital Begins Closing Process
Sharon Herald: Hospital’s Impending Closure Another Challenge for Community
Pittsburgh Business Times: Sharon Regional Health System Suspends Operations a Year After Rescue From Closure
WFMJ:Sharon Regional Emergency Department Closed: Staff Shortage Blamed
WKBN: Sharon Regional Medical Center Suspends All Hospital Services After State Revokes License
WFMJ: Sharon Regional Emergency Department Closing Wednesday Evening Due to Unexpected Staffing Shortages
Glenside Local: Redeemer Health Files Bankruptcy, Holy Redeemer Hospital in Abington to Be Sold or Close
Philadelphia Inquirer: Redeemer Health Filed for Bankruptcy Protection
NorthcentralPA.com: Bradford Hospital Closure to Get AG Review
Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Sharon Regional Medical Center Suspends Critical Heart Care
WFMJ: Post Gazette: Sharon Regional Temporarily Closes Critical Heart Care Unit
WPSU: In Warren, a Reflection of Rural Healthcare’s Turmoil
South Dakota
KELO: The Link Seeks New Clinic Operator Amid Funding Gap
Texas
Victoria Advocate: Goliad Clinic Closure Sparks Petition, Health Care Concerns
San Antonio Express News: Long Trips and Limited Transit Complicate Maternity Care for South Side Mothers
Goliad Advance Guard: Goliad Council Discusses Clinic Options, Approves Grant Application
Victoria Advocate: Goliad Patients Consider Medical Options in Cuero, Victoria
Virginia
Washington Business Journal: Health System Closes National Landing Urgent Care, West Springfield Primary Care Location
Washington
Stanwood Camano News: Skagit Regional Health to Close Camano Clinic, Transfer Care to Stanwood Next Year
Washington State Standard: Washington Hospitals Anticipate Losing Billions in Revenue From Medicaid Cuts
Spokane Journal of Business: Spokane Care Providers Work to Protect Services
Wisconsin
Becker’s Hospital Review: Aspirus Health to Close Wisconsin Hospice House
Urban Milwaukee: Free Health Clinic Makes Plea for County Support