Donald Trump and Republicans have unleashed the most devastating attack on American health care in history, gutting over $1 trillion from Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. They’re forcing hospitals, nursing homes, and community health centers to slash services, lay off doctors and nurses, or shut their doors altogether. Families who once had a clinic down the street now have to drive hours for basic care. Parents are waiting all night in jam-packed emergency rooms with their sick kids. Seniors are losing trusted caregivers they’ve relied on for years. All of this suffering isn’t by accident – it’s the direct result of Trump and Republicans choosing to side with billionaires and big corporations over hard-working families.
Protect Our Care’s Hospital Crisis Watch is tracking the harm Donald Trump and Republicans’ spending bill is inflicting on American health care in real time – community by community, hospital by hospital.
CNN: Rural Health Clinics Are Closing After Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill,’ Raising the Legislation’s Political Risks
Common Dreams: Trump’s GOP Blamed as Rural Health Clinics Begin to Fall Under Crushing Weight of Big, Ugly Bill
Alternet: ‘Taking Away Their Lifeline’: Trump’s Spending Bill Is Shutting Down Rural Health Clinics
The Story Exchange: Trump’s Policies Have Now Shut Down Several Rural Women’s Health Clinics
WBUR: How Medicaid Cuts Will Hurt Every Hospital — Including Yours
Modern Healthcare: The Double-Digit Hit Coming to Hospital Margins
KFF Health News: States Are Cutting Medicaid Provider Payments Long Before Trump Cuts Hit
Roll Call: Rural Health Fund Falls Short of Estimated Medicaid Cuts
Fierce Healthcare: Here’s How Medicaid Work Requirement Disenrollments Will Dent Hospital Operating Margins
Alaska
Alaska Public Media: Healy’s Only Year-Round Medical Clinic Will Close in November
California
Action News Now: Emergency Room at Glenn Medical Center in Willows to Shut Down September 30
EMS1: Calif. Agencies Prepare for Hospital Closing After Status Was Revoked
Action News Now: Enloe Health Braces for Patient Surge With Impending Closure of Glenn Medical Center’s Emergency Room
KCRA: At Least Two Rural Hospitals Could Soon Shut Down in California With Others at Risk
KESQ: “On the Brink of Collapse,” Blythe Hospital’s Financial Crisis Could Impact Local Valley Hospitals
CalMatters: With Just Days of Cash Left, Remote California Hospital Nears Crisis Point
San Jose Spotlight: Silicon Valley Health Care Leaders Say Federal Cuts ‘Truly Devastating’
Georgia
Flagpole: St. Mary’s Owner Closes Lavonia OB/GYN Center, Routes Patients to Athens
Kentucky
Forward Kentucky: Rural Communities Brace for Trump’s Health Cuts
Massachusetts
MassLive: Boston Health Care for the Homeless Laying off 25 Workers as Trump Medicaid Cuts Loom
Michigan
Spartan News Room: One Big Beautiful Bill Hits Michigan Health Services, Hospital Group Says
Minnesota
Sahan Journal: Minnesota Hospitals, Community Clinics Brace for Impact of Medicaid Cuts
Missouri
MissouriNet: Ste. Genevieve County Hospital Shutting Down Labor and Home Health Departments
New York
Buffalo Bulletin: Platte County Hospital to Pause Maternity Services
Ohio
Ohio Capital Journal: Ohio’s Rural and Safety-Net Hospitals Will Lose Big Under New Medicaid Rules, Analysis Says
Oregon
Blue Mountain Eagle: Hospital in John Day Lays Off 9 Employees
Oregon Capital Chronicle: A Rural Oregon Town Lost Its Maternity Ward. As Medicaid Cuts Loom, Other Hospitals May Be Next
South Dakota
Dakota News Now: Good Samaritan Society in Corsica Closing This Fall
Tennessee
Knox News: Big Beautiful Bill Puts East Tennessee Hospital Rebuilding in Jeopardy After Helene
Texas
Chron: Hundreds Face Layoffs as 2 Major Texas Care Facilities Announce Closures
Utah
Salt Lake Tribune: Cuts to Medicaid May Force a Transformation in Rural Health Care
Washington
King5: Overlake Announces Layoffs, Adding to Wave of Cuts Among Health Care Providers
KREM2: Planned Parenthood Leadership Fears Closing Doors in Spokane as Funding Dwindles