Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans are unleashing a full-scale health care crisis across America after slashing more than $1 trillion from Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act to fund tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations. Hospitals are laying off workers, closing departments, cutting critical services, and warning they may not survive the financial devastation caused by these reckless cuts. Rural hospitals, maternity wards, cancer clinics, mental health providers, and community health centers are all being pushed to the brink as states scramble to manage massive budget shortfalls. Families are already seeing the consequences as the fallout grows and ripples through communities nationwide. Expectant mothers are being forced to travel farther for care, children are losing access to specialty services, and seniors and people with chronic illnesses are facing increasing barriers to treatment. Across the country, providers, patients, and local leaders are warning that these cuts are creating a dangerous and entirely preventable health care emergency.
Protect Our Care’s Hospital Crisis Watch has reached over 900 hospitals, nursing homes, maternity wards, and other critical providers that have closed, cut essential services, or are at risk of doing so.
National
Common Dreams: 900 Health Facilities Shutting Down or at Risk of Collapse as Trump-GOP Cuts ‘Ripple Across the Country’
The American Prospect: Corporate Hospitals Bilking Americans as GOP Destroys Health Care
KFF Health News: States Eye Aid To Prop Up Distressed Hospitals Amid Federal Medicaid Cuts
Investigate TV: Maternity Deserts Create Challenges for Expectant Families
LAist: Distressed Hospitals Lobby States for Help as Federal Medicaid Cuts Loom
Modern Healthcare: How 5 Health Systems Are Getting Ahead of Pending Medicaid Cuts
WCCO: Hospitals in Critical Condition: Healthcare Across the U.S. Facing Massive Financial Distress and Closures
The Cancer Letter: Radiation Oncologists Urge Lawmakers to Act as Medicare Cuts and Private Payer Tactics Push Cancer Clinics Toward Closing
Becker’s Hospital Review: 32 Hospitals Closing Departments or Ending Services
Becker’s Hospital Review: Hospitals Face Growing Fallout From ACA Coverage Cliff
Becker’s Hospital Review: The Hospitals, Health Systems Cutting Jobs in 2026
Becker’s ASC Review: 3 Physician Practice, Clinic Closures in 1 Month
Georgetown University Center for Children and Families: Rural Hospitals and Communities Feeling Impact of H.R. 1 Medicaid Cuts, Rural Health Fund Falls Short
New York Times: Opinion: You Can’t Be Born Here. You Can Only Die.
Arkansas
Jonesboro Right Now: Arisa Health to Not Renew Contract for Community Mental Health Centers; 41 Counties, Including Craighead Affected
KARK: Arisa Health to Exit Arkansas CMHC Contract, Citing $4.4m Funding Cut
KAIT: Arisa Health to Close Clinics, End Crisis Services After Losing $4.4 Million in State Funding
Talk Business & Politics: Arisa Health to Close 26 Clinics, Cease Being State-Contracted Provider
Becker’s Cardiology: Arkansas Hospital to Close Cardiology Clinic in Restructuring Move
Modern Healthcare: Baptist Health to Cut 150 Jobs at Arkansas Hospital
California
Orange County Register: Ambulances to Stop Transporting Patients to Anaheim Global Medical Center
Long Beach Post: How a Sales Tax Hike to Protect Healthcare Would Affect Long Beach
KERO: Nurses Warn Closure of Grossman Burn Center Could Put Lives at Risk
KGET: ‘This Is My Passion’: Nurses, Community Members Speak Out Against Grossman Burn Center Closure in Bakersfield
KGET: Parents, Nurses Say Closure of Grossman Burn Center in Bakersfield Will Harm Young Patients
San Francisco Standard: UCSF Maternity Nurses Say Chronic Understaffing Is Putting Patients at Risk
San Jose Mercury News: Santa Clara County Targets Healthcare, Jobs in Sweeping Cuts to Close $787 Million Deficit
KTVU: Clinic Workers Push Back Against San Francisco Budget Cuts
Redding Record Searchlight: Shasta Regional Services Flagged ‘At-Risk’ Due to Medicaid Cuts
EMS1: Ambulances Ordered to Stop Taking Patients to Calif. Hospital
Colorado
Colorado Pols: Thanks, Republicans! Nine Colorado Hospitals at Risk of Closure
Sentinel Colorado: Aurora Mental Health Cutting 111 Jobs, Citing Medicaid Cuts. State Officials Push Back
Florida
Florida Today: Brevard’s Healthcare Landscape Changed After Hospital Closure
Georgia
WRDW: 12 On Your Side Investigates: DHA Confirms Plans to Gut Fort Gordon’s Hospital
WRDW: 12 On Your Side Investigates: As Eisenhower Faces Cuts, Piedmont Says It’s Ready
Illinois
CBS: Nurses Warn of Impact of Cuts at St. Joseph Medical Center Under New Owner Prime Healthcare
Patch: St. Joe’s Hospital Closing On The Horizon? ‘We Have To Defend Our Hospital Before It’s Too Late’
Crain’s Chicago Business: Opinion: Here’s How to Ensure Chicago Doesn’t Lose Another Hospital
Iowa
Big News Network: Pending Medicaid Cuts Close Iowa Health Clinic
Kansas
KCTV: KU Health System Closing Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
KCUR: KU Medical Center Faculty Say Closing Pediatric ICU Creates ‘Serious and Preventable Risks’
KSHB: KU Health System To End PICU Services by End of June; Health System Leaders Respond to Parents’ Concerns
KWCH: Voters in El Dorado to Decide Fate of Proposed Sales Tax to Support Community’s Hospital
Massachusetts
Worcester Business Journal: Amid Pending Closure and Layoffs, Future of Community Healthlink Programs Remains Cloudy
Springfield Republican: 200 Employees Face Layoffs and Facility Closes as Federal Cuts Threaten Mass. Health Care
Worcester Telegram & Gazette: UMass Memorial Health Plans to Lay Off 78 Community Healthlink Workers
Minnesota
Minneapolis Star-Tribune: Sanford Health Merging With North Memorial as Hospital Deals Keep Coming
Bloomberg: Minnesota’s Largest Safety Net Hospital Seeks State Rescue Funds
MinnPost: Clergy, Health Care Workers Ramp Up Calls to Fund HCMC as End of Legislative Session Draws Near
Albert Lea Tribune: Residents Hold Prayer Vigil in Albert Lea as Hennepin County Medical Center, Rural Health Care Faces Funding Crisis
Mississippi
Columbus Commercial Dispatch: Mary Means Business: Columbus Baptist Urgent Care Closed
Mississippi Free Press: With Greenwood’s Hospital Nearing Closure, Residents Sound Alarm as Senate Candidate Points to Policies
Missouri
The Beacon: Rural Lifeline or Potential Monopoly? MU Health Care Plan Would Allow Expansion Even if Competition Shrinks
Missouri Independent: Lifeline or Monopoly? MU Health Care Plan Would Allow Expansion Even if Competition Shrinks
Nevada
Nevada Current: Not Just Medicaid: Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Will Strain All NV Healthcare, Lawmakers Told
KVVU: Boulder City Hospital Ends Inpatient Stays Over 24 Hours, Cuts More Than 70 Jobs Amid Federal Funding Changes
New Hampshire
Manchester Union Leader: Brendan Williams: NH’s Nursing Home Sector: Bankruptcies, Closures, Waiting Lists
New York
Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin: Opinion: NY Lawmakers Have to Solve Our Long-Term Care Crisis
New York Newsday: NUMC Temporarily Pauses Most Services for Pregnant Women, Redirecting Them Elsewhere
North Carolina
North Carolina Health News: NC Loses Abortion Clinic as Pressures Mount on Providers
WFMY: Greensboro Autism Clinic Closes, Impacting About 100 Families
WGHP: Greensboro Autism Facility Shutters Over Insurance Dispute: ‘It Hurts’
NC Health News: State Officials, Lawmakers Press for Delay on Wakemed/Atrium Deal
Ohio
Healthcare Dive: UPMC Reaches Deal With CommonSpirit to Acquire Ohio Health System
Columbus Dispatch: Columbus Speech and Hearing Shutters All Services After Over a Century
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Watch: Facing Financial Pressure, Rural Hospitals Adapt to Survive
Oregon
Kiawa County Press: Oregon Hospitals Face Possible Closure From Medicaid Cuts
KEZI: LCC’s South Eugene Dental Clinic to Close Amid Budget Cuts
OPB: Ashland Hospital Plans Hundreds of Layoffs Amid Budget Troubles
Jefferson Public Radio: Asante Plans Hundreds of Layoffs Amid Budget Troubles
KDRV: Asante in Medford, Ashland, Grants Pass Remain Open but Face “Hundreds of Layoffs”
Big News Network: OR Hospitals Face Possible Closure From Medicaid Cuts
Rogue Valley Times: Sources: Ashland Hospital Birth Center Due to Close Mother’s Day Weekend
JPR: Asante Plans Hundreds of Layoffs Amid Budget Troubles
Pennsylvania
Washington Observer Reporter: Medicaid Cuts Threaten Hundreds of Hospitals, New Report Finds
Lehigh Valley Business: LeadingAge PA Reports on Crisis in Aging Services
CBS Pittsburgh: Several Pittsburgh-Area Hospitals Could Be at Risk of Closing, Watchdog Report Claims
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Private Equity Bankruptcies Leave Pennsylvania and Ohio Communities Trying to Resuscitate Hospitals
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Report Identifies 3 UPMC Hospitals at Risk of Closure From Medicaid Cuts
Erie Times News: Oak Street Health Closes Erie Clinic Among 16 Nationwide
PennLive: These Pa. Hospitals Could Close Due to Medicaid Cuts, Study Says
Rhode Island
Providence Journal: State Dispute Could End Program for RI Adults With Mental Illness
Tennessee
WTVC: Hamilton County Dental Clinic to Shut Down as Supply Costs Climb 47% Over Five Years
Chattanooga Times Free Press: Hamilton County Dental Clinic Will Close Following Two Other Health Clinic Closures
Texas
KFOX: El Paso Pediatric Endocrinologist Drops Private Insurance, Cites Administrative Burden
Vermont
VT Digger: UVM Health Must Cut Expenses by $300 Million in Three Years, Independent Liaison Finds
Virginia
Petersburg Progress Index: Before Medical Center Closes, VA Lawmakers Want Patient Families’ Thoughts
Cardinal News: State Moves Toward Closing Hiram Davis Medical Center, but Lawmakers Express Concern About Plan
Washington
Tri City Herald: Hospital, Clinics Hurting as Fewer Tri-Cities Patients Have Health Care Coverage
Public News Service: Data Show Medicaid Cuts Put 22 WA Hospitals at Risk of Closure
The Columbian: Health Insurance Quagmire: Clark County Residents Face Difficult Choices After Regence Splits With Legacy Health
Kiowa County Press: Data Show Medicaid Cuts Put 22 Washington Hospitals at Risk of Closure
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Independent: Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Slams Medicaid Cuts as ‘Cruelty With a Price Tag’
Wisconsin Independent: Wisconsin Man Who Relies on Medicaid Speaks Out Against GOP Cuts in Budget Law
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service: Health Groups Step In Following Closure of City on a Hill
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Opinion: City on a Hill’s Closure Is a Call to Action for Milwaukee