hospitals

2 briefs

ethics 2026-05-06

900 Health Facilities Are At Risk of Closing. States Are Trying to Fill a Hole They Cannot Fill.

The One Big Beautiful Bill cut $911 billion from Medicaid over ten years. The rural health fund it created to compensate is $50 billion over five years. The math does not balance.

power 2026-04-14

446 Hospitals Are Now at High Risk of Closing. Most Are in Trump Country.

A new Public Citizen analysis names 446 hospitals across 44 states at heightened risk of closure after the Medicaid cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill. The hospitals most exposed are rural, and the counties they serve voted heavily for Trump.