More facilities are at risk of closing their doors than ever before, with 900 hospitals, nursing homes, maternity wards, and other critical providers nationwide shuttering, at risk of shuttering, or cutting essential services. Across the country, hospitals and providers are “teetering on the edge” because of Republicans’ over $1 trillion health care cuts to fund tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations. Communities are losing access to the care they depend on and face longer drives, fewer options, delayed care, and worse outcomes. For many communities, especially rural ones, the local hospital is a lifeline, providing not just care but good-paying jobs and economic stability. Providers, advocates, and patients are sounding the alarm on a health care crisis that is getting worse day by day, with each new headline underscoring how fragile Republicans have made our health care system.
“Hospital Crisis Watch has now reached 900 pins, 900 communities where access to care is evaporating as Republicans’ health care cuts ripple across the country,” said Protect Our Care President Brad Woodhouse. “Providers are stretched thin, doing everything they can as resources disappear and the system buckles under the pressure of Republicans cutting more than $1 trillion from health care to fund tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations. Families are driving further for care, parents are scrambling to find services for their kids, and seniors are being left without the support they need. Care is getting harder to access, in too many places, disappearing entirely, and communities are left to deal with the consequences.”
Recent National Coverage
Axios: Hospitals That Take the Sickest Patients Are Closing
CBS: Big Companies Position Themselves for Payday From $50B Federal Rural Health Fund
Forbes: Congress Targets Hospital Costs—And The Systems Driving Them
Latin Times: Rural Hospitals Warn 50 Billion Dollar Federal Fund Will Not Offset Medicaid Cuts
Forbes: Trump’s Beautiful Bill Puts 400+ Hospitals At Risk Of Closing. Here’s The Full List
Law 360: The Challenge Of Stabilizing Rural Hospitals On The Brink
McKnights Long-Term Care News: Rural Nursing Home Crisis Deepens as Closures and Citations Mount
Business Insurance: Rural Hospital Closures Disrupt Care Access but Not Claim Costs: WCRI
Arizona
KNXV: Mental Health Clinic Primarily Used by Youth Shutters Doors
KVOA: St. Mary’s Hospital in Tucson Among Eight Arizona Hospitals at Closure Risk
Phoenix New Times: These Valley Hospitals Are Considered at Risk Due to Medicaid Cuts
Arkansas
KHBS: Baptist Health Fort Smith to Shut Multiple Clinics After Labor and Delivery Closure
KFSM: Baptist Health Fort Smith Announces More Services Ending; 150 Employees Impacted
Talk Business and Politics: Baptist Health to Close More Fort Smith Services, Cut 150 Jobs
Southwest Times Record: Baptist Health to Cut Services, Jobs in Fort Smith Shift
KFSM: Lawmakers Meet With Baptist Health Officials Amid Fort Smith Service Shutdowns
California
KBAK: Bakersfield Memorial Hospital to Close Grossman Burn Center Unit June 30, Dignity Says
Action News Now: Oroville Hospital Nurses Voice Concern Over HR-1 Cuts
San Francisco Gazetteer: Department of Public Health Talks of ‘Rebalancing’ and ‘Consolidation’ as Union and Community Worry About Layoffs and Clinic Closures
Palm Springs Desert Sun: Ventura County Hospitals at Risk Due to Medicaid Cuts, Report Finds
The Business Journal: Soria’s Distressed Hospital Bill Clears Committee, Seeks $300M More
Colorado
CPR: Hospitals — And Patients — Brace for Fallout From Federal Health Funding Cuts as New Report Paints a Bleak Outlook
Georgia
WRDW: Fort Gordon Hospital to Divert Inpatient Critical Care
WSB-TV: Clinic Serving Uninsured Patients in North Georgia to Close Permanently
CBS Atlanta: Fayette C.A.R.E. Clinic Closing After 20 Years, Leaving Vulnerable Fayetteville Residents With Fewer Options
Illinois
Peoria Journal Star: Facing Financial Issues, Illinois Hospital Shutters, Lays off Hundreds of Workers
Capitol City News: Medicaid Cuts Worry Local Experts
Iowa
WHO: Mercyone Closing South Des Moines Clinic This Summer
Des Moines Register: Mercyone Closing in South Des Moines. What’s Driving Health Care Cuts?
Iowa Starting Line: Mercyone to Close Two South Des Moines Clinics, Citing Expected Medicaid Cuts
KCCI: MercyOne South Des Moines to Close Urgent Care and Family Medicine Services
WOI: MercyOne South Des Moines Family Medicine and Urgent Care to Close, Transition Services
Massachusetts
WGGB: What Mercy’s Acquisition by Baystate Means for Your Next Appointment
Patch: Walk-In Care Center On Cape Closes For Good
Patch: Community Healthlink Prepares for Eventual Closure
Boston Globe: Editorial: Can Baystate Save Struggling Mercy Medical Center?
Minnesota
Mankato Free Press: Vigil Raises Awareness for Rural Hospital Closures, HCMC Closure Threats
KMSP: Hennepin County Medical Center Workers Holding May Day Rally to Save Hospital From Possible Closure
KEYC: Congregations Gather for Health Care Vigil
CBS Minnesota: Minnesota Senate Approves Funding to Rescue Hennepin Healthcare From Closure
KAAL: Rochester Residents to Hold Vigil Highlighting Need for More Hospital Funding
MinnPost: The Legislature Wants to Save HCMC. How Will It Happen?
Rochester Post Bulletin: Analysis: Mayo Clinic Health System Hospital Among Those Considered At-Risk for Closing, Reducing Services
KMSP: Hennepin Healthcare on the Brink of Closure
KMSP: HCMC Closure: Lawmakers Weigh Sales Tax Hike, State Funding to Save Hospital
Mississippi
Mississippi Today: Rural Hospital’s Grim Finances Spur Uncertain Future for Healthcare in Greenwood
Mississippi Free Press: Biloxi Free Health Clinic Fights to Stay Open Amid Rising Costs
Mississippi Free Press: ‘How Did We Get Here?’: Greenwood Community Grapples With Hospital Teetering on the Edge of Closure
Mississippi Independent: Hyde-Smith Advocates for Fixing Medicare Problem Facing State Hospitals—After Voting to Increase Their Financial Risks
Mississippi Today: Mississippi Lawmakers Face Pressure to Counter Looming Federal Cuts to Health Care After Punting This Session
Missouri
KOMU: Missouri Heart Center to Close; Boone Health Establishes New Cardiology Center
St. Louis Business Journal: Urgent Care Chain Closes 5 Clinics, Citing Lack of Demand
Nebraska
The Daily Yonder: Rural Nebraska Dialysis Unit Closes Despite the State’s $219M in Rural Health Funding
New Hampshire
Concord Monitor: Opinion: Our Health Care Struggles
Foster’s Daily Democrat: Opinion: Medicaid Is Changing in New Hampshire. Who Will Be Left Behind?
New Jersey
New Jersey Today: A Dozen New Jersey Hospitals Are at Risk of Closing or Layoffs Due to Trump Cuts
Hudson County View: Heights Hospital Closure Impacting JCMC Wait Times, County Costs for Treating Inmates
New York
WTEN: St. Peter’s Nursing and Rehab Center Sets Tentative Closing Date
Buffalo Business First: Closings Mount as Reimbursement Gaps Drive Nursing Homes Into the Red
EMS1: NYC Hospital Takes Additional Ambulances Out of Service Due to Financial Challenges
New York Times: They Survived Torture. Why Is the Program That Helped Them Closing?
Times Herald-Record: Mid-Hudson Hospitals Among Dozens in NY at Risk of Closing Due to Medicaid Cuts
Poughkeepsie Journal: Mid-Hudson Hospitals Among Dozens in NY at Risk of Closing Due to Medicaid Cuts
Mid Hudson News: Report: Mid-Hudson Hospitals at Risk Amid Medicaid Cuts
PIX11: 13 NYC Hospitals Could Have Layoffs or Close Due to Medicaid Cuts, Study Finds
North Carolina
Big News Network: NC Local Lawmaker Warns of Hospital Closures Due to Medicaid Cuts
The Thread: A Greensboro Abortion Provider Closes, Leaving Limited Options
Cardinal & Pine: What Happens When a Rural Hospital Closes? Martin County Knows All Too Well
Oklahoma
The Journal Record: As Oklahoma’s Rural Hospitals Face Crumbling Revenue, Lenders Must Decide
The Journal-Record: Integris Cuts Reflect National Trend, Impacts Concentrate in Rural Areas
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Business Journal: Threads of Crozer; A Year of Fallout From Delaware County Hospital Closures
Philadelphia Inquirer: Pa. City Approves $2.8M 5-Year Ambulance Contract Following Hospital Closure
WHYY: Jefferson Einstein Health Workers Say North Philly Pediatric Practices Closures Will Leave ‘A Hole’ in Communities
Tennessee
The Tennessean: Opinion: Tennessee Has a Rural Health Care Crisis. This Is Why
Texas
KENS: Major Layoffs Threaten Future of State’s Largest Psychiatric Hospital, Laurel Ridge
San Antonio Report: ‘It’s Coming Like a Freight Train’: Bexar County Scrambles to Absorb Loss of Psychiatric Beds
KABB: 648 Laurel Ridge Workers to Be Laid off as Funding Ends: What Will Happen to Patients?
KBTV: Port Arthur Health Officials Urge Prenatal Care as Medical Center Halts Deliveries
KFDM: Port Arthur’s Only Hospital Cutting Back Labor and Delivery Services Starting May 1
Virginia
Richmond Times Dispatch: 10 Virginia Hospitals Are Threatened by Medicaid Cuts, Report Says
Washington
Becker’s Hospital Review: Washington Hospital Restructures Clinic, Ends Pain Management Services
SourceOne: East Adams Rural Clinic Downsizing Aims to Keep Ritzville Hospital Open Amid Financial Turnaround
