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1 in 5 US rural hospitals at risk of closure or service cuts under Trump’s $1 trillion Medicaid cuts, study finds
CURTIS, NEBRASKA, JUL 8 – The closure follows anticipated Medicaid cuts projected to reduce funding by $1 trillion over 10 years, threatening access to care for over 350,000 low-income Nebraskans.
- The U.S. House approved a federal budget bill containing nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts, and it awaits the president's expected signature on July 4, 2025.
- These Medicaid reductions follow Senate approval earlier this week and include work requirements and a $50 billion fund aimed at supporting rural hospitals.
- Hospital leaders in Nebraska and Oklahoma expressed concern about steep financial impacts, potential service cuts, and hundreds of thousands losing coverage, while the Oklahoma Hospital Association said cuts would not start until 2029.
- Denise Webber, CEO of Stillwater Medical, expressed that the scale of these reductions is unprecedented in recent times, while NHA president Nordquist cautioned that once these services disappear, they will not return.
- These changes could accelerate rural hospital closures, deepen healthcare access challenges, and prompt community opposition to the bill before states must apply for fund eligibility by December 31, 2025.
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Kern Valley Hospital officials not concerned about potential healthcare funding cuts
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wtma.comBy 2043, SC hospitals could receive $2.4B less to treat Medicaid patients
A nurse pushes a gurney with a stretcher in the hospital corridor. (File/Sviatlana Lazarenka/Getty Images)COLUMBIA — South Carolina hospitals are set to take a multimillion-dollar annual cut when treating Medicaid patients as the new law pushed through Congress phases out a complicated program that boosted the government’s payments for medical care. In 2028, South Carolina will start losing its ability to pay hospitals for treating Medicaid pati…
Change is coming to rural health care in Acadiana but likely won't be felt for some time
The actual impact of those bills on rural hospitals and clinics won't likely be felt until at least 2029, when $1.1 trillion in Medicaid cuts from Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" start taking effect.
Rural hospitals will be hit hard by Trump’s signature spending package
This story was originally published by The Conversation. The public health provisions in the massive spending package that President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4, 2025, will reduce Medicaid spending by more than US$1 trillion over a decade and result in an estimated 11.8 million people losing health insurance coverage. As researchers studying rural health and health policy, we anticipate that these reductions in Medicaid spending, alon…
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