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.

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 ...

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… ...

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

Rural hospitals have long operated on the financial edge, especially in recent years as Medicaid payments have continuously fallen below the actual cost to provide health care. More than 20% of ...

A rural hospital is labeled as at risk when it meets one or both of two criteria, according to the documents: the hospital is in the top 10% Medicaid payer mix of rural hospitals across the ...

For rural hospitals in Louisiana, the changes mean a tightening of the belt. McFarland said addressing these cuts will be a main focus of the next legislative session. Click here to report a typo.

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.

Democrats have been bleeding rural voters for the past two decades. But major cuts to Medicaid in President Donald Trump's signature tax and policy bill, signed into law July 4, could hit voters ...

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.