One year ago, President Trump and congressional Republicans took an axe to the health care system, gutting over $1 trillion from Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to bankroll tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations. Since then, 8 million people — and counting — have lost the coverage they relied on to see a doctor, premiums and out-of-pocket costs have doubled, tripled, and even quadrupled and over 1,000 hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and other critical providers are closing, cutting essential services, or are at risk of cuts or closure. In Trump’s America, expectant moms are facing maternal care deserts, seniors are losing access to long-term care, and people with disabilities are facing devastating disruptions in critical services.
The fallout of the GOP’s war on health care is playing out nationwide. In Michigan, the closure of another rural hospital is pushing patients farther from care and devastating an already strained health care system. Expectant mothers in Arkansas are travelling up to 84 minutes to give birth, risking complications. Hospitals in Alabama are being overwhelmed by an influx of uninsured patients. Behind every closure, layoff or service cut, a community pays the price for Trump and congressional Republicans’ choice to put tax breaks for billionaires ahead of working families.
Recent National Coverage
Washington Post: Health Brief: Hospitals Face More Policy Headwinds
Becker’s Hospital Review: Why 720 Rural Hospitals Are at Risk of Closing
Becker’s Hospital Review: 42 Hospitals Closing Departments or Ending Services
Modern Healthcare: Layoffs, Closures Tracker: Adventist Health Cuts 132 Jobs
Governing: Why Tech Alone Can’t Fix Rural Healthcare
National Nurses United: Federal Cuts Threaten 600 Financially Vulnerable Hospitals Nationwide
Becker’s Hospital Review: 150+ Rural Hospitals Have Closed Since 2010: What It Takes to Stay Open
Becker’s ASC Review: Why 30 ASCs, Physician Practices Have Closed in 2026
National Nurses United: Federal Cuts Threaten 600 Financially Vulnerable Hospitals Nationwide
Becker’s Hospital Review: 602 Hospitals Could Face 50%-75% Wider Deficits Under Federal Cuts, Nnu Projects
The Guardian: Watchdog Warns of Risks to Patients as Private Equity’s Stake in US Healthcare Grows
Ms. Magazine: A Single Abortion Clinic Closing Rarely Makes Headlines. What Happens When None Are Left?
American Society for Radiation Oncology: 50 Million Americans Live in Counties Without a Radiation Oncology Clinic, Study Finds
Bioengineer: Radiation Therapy Clinic Closures May Widen US Cancer Care Disparities
Newsweek: 50 Million Americans Now Lack Access to Local Cancer Radiation
Becker’s Hospital Review: ‘The Fight Is Worth It’: How Rural Hospitals Can Recover From the Brink of Closure
Alabama
WAFF: ACA Enrollment Drops in Alabama, Advocates Warn of ER Overcrowding
WAFF: Alabama Hospitals See More Uninsured Patients After ACA Subsidy Loss
AL.com: Opinion: Closing Alabama Birth Centers Doesn’t Just Hurt Choices, It Hurts Access
NorthEscambia.com: Atmore Community Hospital Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Vows to Keep Doors Open
AL.com: Another Rural Alabama Hospital Filing for Bankruptcy
Arizona
Modern Healthcare: Layoffs, Closures Tracker: Select Medical to Cut 99 Employees
Arkansas
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Announced Closure of Maumelle Assisted Living Facility Surprises Families of Dozens of Residents
KTHV: Maumelle Senior Living Facility to Close July 31, Leaving Residents Searching for New Homes
KATV: Arkansas Moms Face Delivery Drives Up to 84 Minutes as County Travel Times Soar
KATV: Families Continue Searching for New Homes as Chapters Living of Maumelle Preps for Closure
El Dorado News-Times: Arkansas Hospitals Report Shows $19.7 Billion in Economic Impact, Growing Financial Pressures
California
Healthcare Finance: Pacifica Hospital Files for Chapter 11 Amid Lender Dispute
Tehachapi News: Dignity Health Clinic in Tehachapi Confirms Aug. 26 Closure
Bakersfield Now: Dignity Health to Lay Off 57 Workers at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
San Francisco Examiner: Trio of SF Health Clinics Facing Closure Due to City’s Budget Cuts
The Center Square: Report Says 16 California Hospitals at Risk of Closure
Santa Cruz Local: ‘We’re Going to Keep Escalating’: Dominican Hospital Nurses Decry Proposed Layoffs
San Francisco Chronicle: East Bay Health System Averts Layoffs as County Approves $19.3 Million Lifeline
KERO: Adventist Health lays off more than 130 employees across Central Valley, including in Kern
The Bakersfield Californian: Kern Hospitals Issue 79 Layoff Notices Amid Healthcare Shifts
Colorado
KUSA: School of Mines Closes Dental Clinic With Little Notice
District of Columbia
WUSA: DC Leaders Confronting Maternal Health Crisis in Council Hearing
Georgia
Atlanta News First: Podcast: Why Some Georgia Therapy Clinics Say They Can’t Survive a 20% Cut
Illinois
Chicago Sun Times: What Happens When Your Hospital Closes?
WMAQ: St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chicago Suburbs Files to Permanently Shut Down Pediatric Inpatient Unit
WBEZ: ‘Where Do They Go?’ What West Side Patients Face After Their Hospital Closes.
Crain’s Chicago Business: St. Joseph Joliet Seeks to Permanently Drop Inpatient Pediatric Care
Becker’s Hospital Review: Prime Seeks to Close Illinois Hospital Pediatric Unit
WLS: Future of West Suburban Medical Center Remains Uncertain Ahead of Court Hearing
Becker’s Hospital Review: Shuttered Chicago Hospital to Lay Off 500
Indiana
Becker’s ASC Review: Indiana Practice Closes Amid Physician Shortage
Iowa
Ames Tribune: Nearly 1K Memorial Items Remain at Closed Mary Greeley Hospice House
Cedar Rapids Gazette:Iowa Candidates Weigh In as Another OB-GYN Unit Closes
Iowa Starting Line: Iowa City Clinic Closure Leaves Eastern Iowa in Reproductive Healthcare Desert
WOWT: CHI Health Ending Labor and Delivery Care at Council Bluffs Hospital
Des Moines Register: Iowa Loses Birth Services at a Third Hospital, Exacerbating Shortages
KMTV: CHI Health Closing Labor and Delivery Unit at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs
Radio Iowa: Planned Parenthood to Close Iowa City Clinic, Leaving 1 Clinic Operating in Iowa
Kentucky
Louisville Courier Journal: Opinion: Lee Clinic Employees Transform Lives. They Need Funding.
Maine
Lewiston Sun Journal: Staff Resignations at Central Maine Healthcare Put Care at Risk, Insiders Say
Portland Press Herald: Damariscotta Select Board Urges MaineHealth to Keep Local Birthing Center Open
Common Dreams: At Shuttered Hospital, Platner Accuses Collins of ‘Throwing Gasoline’ on Raging Rural Healthcare Crisis
Portland Press Herald: Damariscotta Community Members Fight to Keep Birthing Center Open
Michigan
Associated Press: Sturgis Closure May Be ‘First of More’ for Michigan Rural Hospitals
Holland Sentinel: Opinion: The Hidden Costs of Losing a Rural Hospital
Holland Sentinel: Opinion: The Things Hospitals Take With Them When They Close
Minnesota
Minneapolis Star Tribune (David Beard): Opinion | Changes in Silver Bay Reflect Health Care Challenges Facing All of Rural Minnesota
St. Paul Pioneer Press: Months After Mayo Clinic Left, Some Rural Towns Adjust to a ‘Completely Different Health Continuum’
Missouri
KOMU: LiUNA Local 955 to Picket Following MU Health Care Layoffs
Springfield Daily Citizen: Total Point Urgent Care Clinics in Springfield and Nixa Close Abruptly, Employees Say They Were Laid Off
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Union-Leader (Marie Ramos): When Hospitals Close, Communities Pay the Price
New York
Spectrum News: RRH Closes Its Pediatric Behavioral Services, Leaving Families Displaced
Olean Star: County Discloses NYS Has Approved Closure of Its Certified Home Care Agency
North County Public Radio: CVPH Employees, Community Members Speak Out Against Blood Center Closure
Ohio
WBNS: Advocates Rally to Save Grady Memorial Labor and Delivery Unit as Closure Nears
WCMH: Ohio Attorney General Reviewing Delaware’s Request to Keep Maternity Ward at Grady From Closing
The Ohio Newsroom: One of Ohio’s Fastest Growing Counties Will Soon Lose a Labor and Delivery Unit
Oklahoma
KWTV: Medicaid Cuts Could Further Strain Rural Health Care in Oklahoma
Oregon
Salem Reporter: ‘An Acute Emergency’: Santiam Describes Financial Woes in New Filing
Pennsylvania
LNP: Pa. Nursing Home Leaders Call On Lawmakers to Change How State Funds Their Long-Term Care Facilities
Healthcare Dive: Allegheny Health Network, Heritage Valley Finalize Combination in Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Providence Business News: Brown Health Losses Raise Fears for R.I. Services
Tennessee
Memphis Commercial Appeal: Regional One Health to Close Midtown Memphis, Extended Care Hospital
WMC: Regional One to Lay Off Over 100 Workers
WREG: Regional One to Lay Off 103, Close Extended Care Hospital
WHBQ: Regional One Extended Care Hospital to Close, Lay Off More Than 100 Employees
WATN: Regional One Health to Lay Off More Than 100 Employees
Vermont
WPTZ: Nurses Rally to Save Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Birthing Center
Keene Sentinel: More Babies Delivered in Ambulances a Possibility if Brattleboro Closes Labor and Delivery
Vermont Public: Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Says It Plans to Close Its Birthing Center
WTSA: Coalition Forms to Fight BMH Birthing Center Closure
Brattleboro Reformer: Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Plans to Close Birthing Services
WPTZ: Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Plans to Close Birthing Center Within 6–9 Months
VT Digger: Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Plans to Close Its Birthing Center
WVNY: Brattleboro Memorial Hospital to End Obstetric Services, Close Birthing Center
Bennington Banner: Community Rallies to Maintain Birthing Services at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
Virginia
Virginia Mercury: Eight School-Based Health Clinics Close in Southwest Virginia as Federal Funding Pressures Mount
WCYB: Warner Visits Hospital Just Weeks After It Was Labeled “At Risk” of Closure
Washington
KNDU: WA 5th District Candidate Matthew Hayes Warns of Rural Hospital Closures
Wisconsin
Fond Du Lac Reporter: Fond du Lac County May Close Psychiatric Unit. What Happens to Patients?
WTMJ: Milwaukee Free Clinic Braces for Surge in Uninsured Patients as Medicaid Rules Change and ACA Costs Rise
WSAW: ENT & Allergy Associates Closes Wisconsin Rapids Clinic
WBAY: Committee Meets on Closing Fond du Lac County Acute Care Psychiatric Unit