Health care leaders worry rural hospitals could be hit hard by Medicaid spending reductions in the "One Big Beautiful Bill ...

Analysts say changes to Medicaid in President Donald Trump’s massive tax cut and spending bill could mean big trouble for ...

But public outcry over Medicaid cuts led Republicans to include a provision that will provide $10 billion annually to buttress rural hospitals over the next five years, or $50 billion in total.

But public outcry over Medicaid cuts led Republicans to include a provision that will provide $10 billion annually to buttress rural hospitals over the next five years, or $50 billion in total.

Nearly 50% of rural hospitals in the U.S. operate at a loss and more than 150 have closed since 2010. Medicaid cuts in Trump’s megabill could cause the losses to grow.

But public outcry over Medicaid cuts led Republicans to include a provision that will provide $10 billion annually to buttress rural hospitals over the next five years, or $50 billion in total.

But public outcry over Medicaid cuts led Republicans to include a provision that will provide $10 billion annually to buttress rural hospitals over the next five years, or $50 billion in total.

For rural hospitals, the danger is even greater. Medicaid is the financial backbone for many of them, covering almost half of all children and one in five adults in small towns.. However, with the ...

WASHINGTON — Tyler Sherman, a nurse at a rural Nebraska hospital, is used to the area's aging farmers delaying care until they end up in his emergency room. Now, with Congress planning around $1 ...

Anniston/Gadsden Real-Time News Rural hospitals brace for impact under Republicans’ $1 trillion Medicaid cut Published: Jul. 04, 2025, 11:17 a.m.

Hospitals are bracing for the impact from the Medicaid cuts in President Trump’s sweeping spending and tax cut law. While most of the cuts won’t happen immediately, rural facilities in parti… ...