Across America, hospitals, clinics, and long-term care facilities are being pushed to the edge after Donald Trump and Republicans rammed through the most devastating health care cuts in history to bankroll giveaways to billionaires and big corporations. Entire communities are losing access to nearby care overnight. Patients are traveling long distances just to see a doctor or fill a prescription. Counties are scrambling to keep their hospitals afloat — even raising local taxes to cover the shortfall caused by Republicans’ cuts, forcing families to shoulder yet another burden. Local economies are reeling as essential services disappear and health care jobs vanish. Republicans made these cuts knowing full well the devastation they’d cause, and now it’s families, not billionaires, who are paying the price with their health, their wallets, and their communities’ ability to thrive.
Politico: ‘Sort Of Blackmail’: Billions In Rural Health Funding Hinge On States Passing Trump-Backed Policies
Washington Post: Rural America Relies On Foreign Doctors. Trump’s Visa Fee Shuts Them Out.
Pharmacy Times: Rural Hospitals Face Mounting Pressures, Closures
Axios: Hospitals Are Dropping Pediatric Services: Study
Counter Punch: Congress’s Cuts to Medicaid Could Devastate Rural Hospitals
Other Words: Congress Cut Medicaid. It Could Devastate Rural Hospital Staffing.
Ebony Magazine: Medicaid Cuts Put Caregivers Under Pressure
Alabama
AL.com: Voters Choose Tax Increase to Avoid Possible Hospital Closures in Rural Alabama County
WHNT: Longtime Members of Madison Hospital Wellness Center Disappointed Over Closure Announcement
WAFF: ‘It Felt Like Home’: Members React to Madison Hospital Wellness Center Closure
California
San Francisco Chronicle: Bay Area County OKs Tax Hike to Fund Hospitals After Federal Medicaid Cuts
The Oaklandside: Federal Cuts Are Expected to Carve a $100M Hole in the Alameda Health System’s Budget
SF Standard: Trans Kids Lose Lifeline: NorCal’s Largest Hospital To End Gender-Affirming Care
Georgia
WABE: Georgia’s Safety Net Health Care System Faces New Pressure As Federal Medicaid Funding Shifts
Idaho
Idaho Press: Idaho Sheriffs Worry Medicaid Mental Health Cuts Pose ‘Significant Public-Safety Concern’
Maine
Lewiston Sun Journal: Changes in Federal Drug-Pricing Program Would Hurt Maine’s Rural Hospitals, Lawsuit Says
Minnesota
MPR: Federal SNAP, Medicaid Changes Force Minnesota Counties to Raise Property Taxes
KIMT: Cities Adapt to Mayo Clinic Closures in Rural Minnesota
Star Tribune: Burcum: A City Of 24,000 But Nowhere To Deliver A Baby
Missouri
Fayette Newspapers: Fitzgibbon to Close Fayette Clinic as Part of a Cost-Cutting Plan
Springfield News-Leader: Federal, State Budget Pressure Threatens At-Home Disability Care in MO
Nebraska
Flatwater Free Press: Nebraska Threw a ‘Lifeline’ to Rural Hospitals on the Brink. Even That’s Fraying.
New Hampshire
Ledger Transcript: State Says Pain And Addiction Centers Shut Abruptly, Denied Access To Medical Records
New York
Bloomberg: NY Warns 950,000 People to Lose Health Coverage Under Trump Cuts
WWNYTV: Nurses Are Sounding The Alarm Over Healthcare Cuts
North Carolina
Spectrum News 1: N.C. Requests $1 Billion From Federal Rural Health Fund, Says It Still Won’t Be Enough
Tennessee
WSMV: Pulaski Hospital Suspends Maternity Services Indefinitely
Utah
Salt Lake Tribune: Voices: I’ve Seen How Rural Hospitals Save Utahns’ Lives. Cuts to Medicaid Threaten Their Very Existence.
Vermont
VTDigger: Parents and Providers Fear Rutland Regional Medical Center’s Planned Pediatric Closure Would Jeopardize Patient Health and Drive Up Costs