Protect Our Care’s New Report Finds 800+ Providers Nationwide Face Closure and Cuts in the Wake of Republicans Gutting Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
The American health care system is on life support after Trump and Republicans ransacked $1 trillion from Medicaid and the ACA to bankroll tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations. Now, over 800 hospitals, nursing homes, maternity wards, and other critical providers nationwide are shuttering, at risk of shuttering, or cutting essential services, and the human toll is quickly mounting. April marks the 9th Medicaid Awareness Month, and Protect Our Care’s new report details how every hospital that closes its doors puts patients’ lives at risk and strips communities of vital care.
Rural mothers like Deanna from Georgia are reeling after Republican Medicaid cuts closed her local labor and delivery unit, forcing her to travel 45 minutes to an hour and a half for life-saving maternal care. Dialysis patients like Jodie from New York are angry after Republican Medicaid cuts put “her life on the line,” shuttering her local clinic and forcing her to make a 30-minute drive three times a week for the treatment she needs to survive. Doctors like Dr. Winkelman from Minnesota took to the airwaves to sound the alarm on the looming “public health crisis” of Republican Medicaid cuts imperiling Hennepin County Medical Center — forcing cuts to 100 beds that Minnesotans rely on when they get sick and layoffs of 100 employees.
At the ballot box in November, voters won’t forget those responsible for gutting Medicaid and throwing into jeopardy the health care system that working families depend on — all so the rich can get richer.
Recent National Coverage
CNN: Like ‘Driving to San Francisco and Back, Every Week’: In Rural America, Cancer Patients Face Tall Hurdles to Get Care
NBC News: Medicaid Cuts Threaten Hundreds of Hospitals, New Report Finds
Common Dreams: As Loudly Predicted, Trump-GOP Medicaid Cuts Decimating Hospitals Across US
The Independent: Hundreds of Hospitals Across the US Threatened by Medicaid Cuts, Report Says
U.S. Senate Committee on Finance: Republican Cuts Are Wrecking Health Care for American Families
George Town: States are Beginning to Grapple with Federal Medicaid Cuts Impact on Rural Health Care
NPR: Rural Hospitals Are Figuring Our How to Restructure After Medicaid Cuts
Becker’s Hospital Review: 27 Hospitals Closing Departments or Ending Services
Insurance NewsNet: Federal Medicaid Cuts Could Exact a Heavy Toll on Psychiatric Units at Hospitals Across the Country
Bloomberg: The Rural Health Transformation Program Isn’t So Transformational
Alabama
AL.com: 3 Rural Alabama Hospitals at Risk of Closing Due to Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ Report Says
Arizona
Payson Roundup: Rural Patients, Doctors and Hospitals Face Affordability, Health Insurance Woes
Arkansas
KHBS: Baptist Health-Fort Smith to End Pregnancy, Childbirth, & NICU Services
5 News Online: Expecting Mothers, Maternal Care Experts React to Baptist Health Fort Smith Services Shutdown
California
SF Gate: Bay Area Hospital Shutters Critical Unit, Leaving Health Care Void
Santa Cruz Sentinel: California Hospitals Laying off Thousands as Funding Cuts Trickle Down
NBC4: UCI Health Nurses Distraught After Layoffs, Closure of Pediatric Units
Ventura County Star: Longtime ER Docs Blindsided With Ouster From Simi Valley Hospital
Connecticut
Hartford Courant: CT Hospital System Eliminates Meal Choices to Cut Costs. Move Comes Amid Staff and Safety Questions
Flordia
NBC: Florida IVF Clinic Accused of Embryo Mix-Up Closes Amid Legal and Financial Problems
Illinois
Chicago Tribune: West Suburban Medical Center Closure Leaves Patients, Workers Scrambling
The Fulcrum: Rural Illinois Healthcare Providers Grapple With Worst of Physician Shortage
Indiana
Mirror Indy: ‘They Saved My Life’: Patients React to Planned Parenthood Closures
Indiana Capital Chronicle: Indiana Planned Parenthood Faces Clinic Closures and State Funding Fight
Iowa
KWQC: MercyOne Clinton to Stop Labor and Delivery Services
KCRG: Primary Care Clinic Closures Worsen Mental Health Care Access in Wapello County
Iowa Public Radio: Iowa Hopes to Get Up to $1 Billion to Improve Rural Health Infrastructure. Some Say It Will Do Little to Offset Looming Medicaid Cuts
Kansas
KSN: KU Hospital to Close PICU, Impacting Critically Ill Children and Families
Kansas City Star: KU Hospital Will End Pediatric Intensive Care. Timeline Still Uncertain
Kentucky
14 News: Owensboro Health Prepares for Federal Funding Cuts While Maintaining Quality Care
Massachusetts
Hyde Park Herald: Warren Tours La Rabida Ahead of Medicaid Cuts
Hoodline Boston: Baby Bust in Methuen as Maternity Ward Packs for Lawrence
Michigan
Concentrate Media: Fewer Options, Fuller ERs: The Behavioral Health Fallout of Medicaid Cuts
Minnesota
The Minnesota Daily: Hennepin County Medical Center Estimates $1.7b Loss Over the Next Decade as Medicaid Shifts Strain Hospitals
MPR News: Mille Lacs Health System at Risk of Closing After Delayed Medicare Payments
Fox9: Mille Lacs Health System on Brink of Closure: Medicare Owes $3M, UCare Owes $1M
Missouri
The Beacon: Rural Missourians Far More Likely to Be Uninsured Than Urban Residents
Montana
Bozeman Daily Chronicle: Give and Take: Rural Health Funding Could Trigger Service Cuts
Nebraska
Nebraska Examiner: Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act Darkens Outlook for Government-Backed Clinics
Associated Press: Concerns Over a Nebraska Hospital Show How a $50B Rural Health Fund Is Coming Up Short
New Hampshire
WMUR: Strafford County to Close Hyder Family Hospice House Amid Budget Deficit
Foster’s Daily Democrat: Hyder Family Hospice House to Close. Strafford County Leader: ‘We’re Broke’
New Mexico
Taos News: Lovelace Shutters Taos Urgent Care
New Jersey
Gothamist: Fines Weren’t Enough to Keep Jersey City Hospital Open, So Lawmakers Aim to Get Tougher
WKXW: Hundreds of NJ Hospital Workers Get Layoff Notices; Owner Says ‘No Real Cuts’
Jersey City Times: Medical Center Appears Stretched With Closure of Heights Hospital
New York
Bradford Era: Kaleida Closing Dental Clinic in Olean General Hospital
News10: 133 Employees Could Be Affected by St. Peter’s Nursing Home Closure
Ohio
TiffinOhio: 9 Ohio Hospitals at Risk of Closing Under Medicaid Cuts, Report Finds
Oklahoma
Pawhuska Today: Ascension to Shutter Oklahoma Clinic
Pennsylvania
WHYY: 16,000 Babies Later: After Nearly 48 Years, Bryn Mawr Says Goodbye to a Beloved Birth Center
Tennesse
WHBQ: Mid-South Orthopedic Clinic Appears to Suddenly Shut Down Leaving Patients Frantic
Virginia
Virginia Mercury: Virginia Hospitals Amplify Risks Federal Shifts Pose to Patient Care
WVTF: Virginia Free Clinics Fear Budget Cuts Following Drop In Federal Support
Prince Williams Times: Virginia Hospitals Speak Out on Risks Federal Funding Cuts Pose to Patient Care
WJHL: Report Claims Rural Hospitals Are at Risk of Closure Due to Medicaid Cuts
West Virginia
WBOY: Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital Will No Longer Deliver Babies
Real WV: ‘Like a Dagger’ – Lewis County Reacts to Vandalia’s Closure of Labor & Delivery
West Virginia Watch: Delivery Unit Closure Causes Concern for Greenbrier County Families
Wyoming
Jackson Hole News & Guide: Hospital Cuts $4.9 Million in Expenses
Yellowstone Public Radio: Wyoming’s Plan to Fund Rural Hospitals After $1 Trillion in Medicaid Cuts