Across the country, hospitals and clinics have been left reeling from Donald Trump and Republicans cutting over $1 trillion from Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act to fund tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations. Clinics are closing their doors, and entire departments are disappearing, leaving seniors, people with disabilities, expectant mothers, and cancer patients with nowhere to turn. People across the country are facing higher health care costs, traveling further to get care, and enduring longer wait times in overwhelmed emergency rooms. As hospitals and nursing homes close, people will lose jobs, local and state economies will suffer, and entire communities will be left without access to care, all so Trump and Republicans could give more tax breaks to the rich. Read more about the disaster the GOP budget bill has created for rural hospitals here.
Last week, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) joined Protect Our Care to relaunch Hospital Crisis Watch, shining a light on the harm Donald Trump and Republicans’ spending bill is inflicting on American health care. Hospitals are struggling, care is vanishing, and the American people deserve to know who’s responsible.
Headlines
Politico: ‘Going to Be a Bloodbath’: The GOP Megalaw Threatens a Flooded Hospital’s Future
USA Today: Rural Communities Prepare for Medicaid Cuts to Hit Hospitals
Common Dreams: Here’s a Map of What Trump-GOP Destruction of US Hospitals Looks Like
Bloomberg: Medicaid Cuts ‘Blow Up’ Financing Options for Rural Hospitals
Washington Examiner: The Rural Hospital Rescue Fund Is a Fraud
Copper Courier: Watch: Urban Hospitals Will Feel More Strain From Medicaid Cuts
AJC: Georgia’s Rural Hospitals Tighten Budgets Ahead of Medicaid, ACA Changes
My Ozarks Online: As Rural Maternity Care Units Close, Missouri Families Lose Options
Las Cruces Bulletin: Medical Professionals Voice Concerns About Medicaid Cuts
WMRA: Local Hospitals Brace for Medicaid Funding Cuts
WV News: ‘The Most Vulnerable’ Rural, Inner City Communities Brace for Impacts of Trump’s Medicaid Cuts