This Week, Protect Our Care’s Hospital Crisis Watch Reached the Stark Milestone of Over 600 Hospitals, Clinics, and Nursing Homes That Are Closing or Are at Risk Because of Massive GOP Health Care Cuts
Hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes across the country are going dark after Donald Trump and Republicans made the largest health care cuts in history to fund tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations. Families are suddenly finding themselves without a doctor nearby. Patients are forced to drive hours for the care they need. Communities are being forced into heartbreaking decisions between their health and their basic needs, all while local economies are starting to feel the blow of shuttered facilities and lost jobs. It’s a crisis created by Republicans in Washington but it’s families in every corner of America who are paying the price.
Four months after the passage of the Big, Ugly Bill, over 600 hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes have closed or are at risk of closing and Americans are taking notice. They are fed up with Trump and the GOP making the largest health care cuts in U.S. history to carve out more tax breaks for billionaires. Protect Our Care will continue to track closures in real time, highlighting the urgent need to protect access to care for every American.
Latest Coverage
CNN: How Life Changed in a Rural Town That Lost Its Clinic After Trump’s Megabill
In These Times: Trump Cuts Leave VA Hospital Nurses and Veteran Patients in a Crisis
Boston University School of Public Health: ‘The Loss of a Rural Hospital Is Devastating for a Local Community’
Fierce Healthcare: When the Hospital Leaves Town
Arkansas
Mountain Home Observer: Expiring Federal Subsidies, Medicaid Cuts Could Reshape Healthcare in Baxter County
California
Los Angeles Times: This Rural Hospital Closed, Putting Lives at Risk. Is It the Start of a ‘Tidal Wave’?
Fresno Bee: Home Births Rise in Madera as Services Disappear, Increasing Risks for Moms and Babies
VC Star: Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Brings Huge Cuts to County Health System
San Jose Spotlight: Santa Clara County Cancer Center Carries on Amid Funding Woes
Delaware
WHYY: ‘Stretched Thin’: Medicaid Cuts Threaten Delawareans’ Access to Health Care in Rural Areas
Georgia
The Current: Federal Medicaid Cuts Could Limit Access to Services for People With Disabilities
Illinois
Chicago Business: Hospital CEOs Warn Health Care Safety Net Will Begin Unraveling Next Year
Indiana
WIBQ: Greene County General Hospital to End OB Services
Iowa
Times Republican: Mercyone Traer Family Medicine to Shutter Dec. 10
Maine
WAGM: Rise in Emergency Room Births After Labor & Delivery Closure
Massachusetts
Boston Globe: Massachusetts Hospitals Are Already Strained. With Medicaid Cuts, Some Could Face Financial Ruin.
Missouri
KMZU: Some Clinics to Close as Result of Fitzgibbon Hospital Budget Cuts
Kansas City Star: Opinion: Missouri’s Health Care System Wasn’t Designed for Rural Hospital Shutdowns
KOMU: Fitzgibbon Hospital Cuts Services to Save More Than $2 Million Annually
New Hampshire
Seacoast Online: Seacoast-Area Nursing Homes Face Damaging Funding Cuts: Williams
EMS1: Rural N.H. Health Center Closure Sparks Alarm as Medicaid Cuts Hit Small Communities
New Jersey
Becker’s ASC Review: New Jersey Physician Slams Optum Over ‘Abrupt’ Practice Closure
New Mexico
Santa Fe New Mexican: Nexus Health to Shut Down, Leaving Questions About Patient Care, Planned Development
Ohio
Ohio Capital Journal: Staff Cuts Finalized at Ohio Planned Parenthood System, Includes Clinic Closure
WBNS: Planned Parenthood Closes Franklinton Clinic After Loss of Federal Funding
Oregon
OregonLive: Portland Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Will Shutter, Lay Off 310 Employees
Fox12: Critical Care Hospital in NE Portland to Shut Down, Laying off 300+ Workers
KDRV: Ashland Community Hospital to Shift to Satellite Campus in 2026
Ashland.News: Asante Plans to Close Birthing Center, Stop Inpatient Surgery at Asante Ashland Community Hospital in 2026
KOIN: Portland Critical Care Hospital Will Permanently Shut Down Next Year
Pennsylvania
WHYY: After 47 Years and 16,000 Babies, a Bryn Mawr Birth Center Will Close Its Doors Early Next Year
Patch: Jefferson Abington Hospital Closes Behavioral Health Unit
Virginia
13NewsNow: Rural Hospitals Facing an Uncertain Future
WVTF: Patrick County Urgent Care Facility Closes
Washington
Tri-City Herald: 57 Providence Layoffs Include 10 in Richland and Other Eastern WA Towns
Modern Medicaid: Rural Health Care At Risk: Medicaid Cuts in Washington State Spark Concern Among Health Care Leaders and Patients
West Virginia
News From The States: Psychiatric Treatment Facility for Children to Close in Cabell, Reducing State’s Options for Kids