The GOP’s staggering cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act are bringing our country’s health care system to its breaking point. After Trump and Republicans in Congress slashed over $1 trillion from health care to fund tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations, over 1,200 hospitals, clinics, and essential service providers have closed, cut services, or are at risk of doing so. Now, patients in New York are forced to wait an average of 27 hours for a hospital bed. Nurses in California are protesting the closure of a local NICU. Expectant mothers in northeast Ohio have to travel up to 32 miles to deliver their babies. Our health care system is being wracked by overcrowded emergency rooms, mass layoffs, and a rise in uncompensated care.

If that wasn’t enough, the Trump administration is now proposing two rules that would drain hundreds of billions of dollars more from hospitals. At a time when our safety net is already crumbling, Republicans are going after the care that working families need most.  

Recent National Coverage

Axios: Hospitals’ 2030 Tipping Point

Politico: Hospitals Say Coming Trump Administration Rules Are Worse Than GOP’s Medicaid Cuts

Modern Healthcare: How Hospitals Cut Costs, Boost Revenue as Uncompensated Care Rises

NPR: States Hope Federal Funds Will Help Offset Medicaid Cuts for Rural Hospitals

AlterNet: First Trump Cut Medicaid — Now Hospitals Brace for More ‘Harm’ Coming

Stateline: More Rural Hospital Closures Would Mean Long Drives for Pregnant Women Seeking Obstetric Care

Marketplace: States Bet Big on Rural Health Startups, With a Silicon Valley Twist

Medscape: Obstetric Unit Closures Double Rural Travel Time 

Stateline: More Rural Hospital Closures Would Mean Long Drives for Pregnant Women Seeking Obstetric Care

Medscape: Hospital Obstetric Unit Closures Double Rural Travel Time for Pregnant Patients

Arkansas

KYTV: North Arkansas Regional Medical Center Is Among the State’s Remaining Birthing Hospitals

California

Santa Cruz Local: Watsonville NICU Closure Approaches Two Months With No Opening in Sight

KSBW: Watsonville Nurses Rally After NICU Closure Forces Newborns to Other Hospitals

Lookout Santa Cruz: Watsonville Community Hospital Received $10.6 Million in State Aid in June. Where Did It Go?

Lookout Santa Cruz: Watsonville Community Hospital Nurses to Rally Over NICU Closure, Staffing Shortages

KSBW: Watsonville Community Hospital Closes NICU Amid Nursing Shortage

Santa Cruz Sentinel: Watsonville Community Hospital Temporarily Closes NICU Amid Staffing Shortage

National Nurses United: Watsonville Community Hospital Nurses Rally to Save NICU

Ventura County Sun: New Care Center to Replace Santa Paula Hospital

KCLU: Santa Paula Hospital Will Close With No Plans for a Replacement Hospital

Ventura County Reporter: No New ER for Heritage Valley: With 2030 Closure of Santa Paula Hospital Pending, Sups Vote for Expanded Access Care Center

Colorado

Colorado Politics: Opinion: Trump’s ‘BBB’ Casts Aside Rural Colorado Healthcare

Florida

WCTV: HCA Florida Capital Hospital to Discontinue Its Level II NICU Services Effective Nov. 1

WTXL: HCA Florida Capital Hospital to Close Its Level 2 NICU in November After 4 Years of Operation 

Tallahassee Democrat: HCA Florida Capital Hospital to Shutter Its NICU

South Florida Sun Sentinel: Public Hospitals Face Cutbacks if Florida Property Taxes Are Reduced Under Amendment 3, Report Says

Georgia

Carrollton Times-Georgian: KidsPeace Closing Bowdon Location

WRDW: Federal Funding Arrives as Hospital Closures Continue Across Georgia

Illinois

WMAQ: 3 Prominent Chicago-Area Hospitals to Suspend OB Services, Prime Healthcare Announces

Chicago Tribune: Prime Healthcare Plans to Suspend Obstetrical Services at 3 Illinois Hospitals, Consolidate Care

Patch: Plan To Close OB Unit At St. Joseph’s Hospital: State Senator Rachel Ventura Releases Her Statement

Shaw Local: Prime Healthcare Suspending Obstetrics Unit at Joliet’s Saint Joseph Medical Center

CBS: Prime Healthcare Criticized for Plans to Shut Down OB Services at 3 Chicago-Area Hospitals

Chicago Tribune: Federal Cuts Lead to Growing Burden on Cook County Health System, Taxpayers 

Kentucky

WLEX: Gov. Beshear Defends Rural Hospital Funding After Scathing Letter From Rep. Barr

Maine 

WMTM: Maine Lawmakers Call On MaineHealth to Keep Lincoln County Labor Unit Open

WGME: Maine Lawmakers Hold Hearing as Labor and Delivery Units Keep Closing Statewide 

WCSH: ‘We All Have to Be Part of the Solution’: Maine Lawmakers Explore Solutions as Maternal Health Care Options Dwindle

Portland Press Herald: Maine Lawmakers Hear Ideas About How to Preserve Birthing Centers

Bangor Daily News: Maine Lawmakers Seek Solutions in Wake of Closure of Lincoln Hospital’s Birthing Center 

Spectrum: MaineHealth CEO Warns of ‘Huge Crisis’ in Healthcare With Declining Births and an Aging Population

Michigan

MLive: Rural Michigan Hospital Closing Emergency Room, Inpatient Services

Nevada

Las Vegas Sun: Nevada Community Health Clinics Fear Downsizing as Medicaid Changes Take Effect 

KSNV: Henderson Hospital NICU to Close Sept. 30, Leaving Staff Uncertain About Next Jobs 

KNPR: New Report Classifies Half of Nevada’s Counties as Maternity Care Deserts 

New Hampshire 

Portsmouth Herald: What Easterseals’ Rochester Adult Day Care Closure Means for Seniors

Keene Sentinel: Hundreds of Clients, Staff Hit by Easterseals NH Program Closures

New Jersey

NJ.com: Controversial N.J. Hospital Closure Back in the Spotlight. Is It Too Late?

Jersey Vindicator: Jersey City Residents, Officials Condemn Hospital Closure at State Hearing

Jersey City Times: After Litigation, Dept. of Health Holds Public Hearing on Heights Hospital Closure 

Bergen Record: Public Sounds off on Jersey City Hospital Closure and Questions Future

Hudson County View: Jersey City Begs Njdoh for Heights Hospital to Reopen: ‘You’re Our Last Line of Hope!’

New York

The City Reporter: A 27-Hour Wait for a Hospital Bed? Why Delays Are Growing at New York Hospitals

Politico: Mount Sinai Stops Taking Some New Patients on Public Insurance

Healthbeat New York: New Medicaid Work Rules Put NYC Enrollees and Hospitals at Risk. Here’s Who Will Be Hit the Hardest

WROC: Waterview Heights Rolls Out Closure Plan Following Medicaid Termination

WPDH: Sullivan County Care Center Set to Close 

Daily Voice: Care Center At Sunset Lake To Close In Liberty 

Albany Times Union: County-Owned Nursing Home in Liberty to Close, Citing Challenging Finances

Mid-Hudson News: Head of State Nursing Home Association Calls Closure of Sullivan Adult Care Center ‘Tragic’

River Reporter: Sullivan County Announces Adult Care Center Closure 

WHAM: Labor and Delivery Services at Newark-Wayne Community Hospital to End Next Week 

Finger Lakes 1: Newark-Wayne Hospital to End Labor and Delivery Services Aug. 31

Finger Lakes Times: Newark Community Hospital to Close Birthing Center 

Becker’s Hospital Review: New York Hospital Sets Closure Date for Labor, Delivery Services

North Dakota

HomeCare: Altru Health System Discontinuing Home Health Services 

Ohio

Cleveland Plain Dealer: No Hospital Routinely Delivers Babies in These Northeast Ohio Counties. Here’s How Far Women Must Travel

Cleveland Plain Dealer: What We Learned About Maternity Care Gaps in Five Northeast Ohio Counties 

Oklahoma

KOCO: Shawnee’s Gateway to Prevention and Recovery Set to Close After 42 Years

Rhode Island

Rhode Island Current: Under Financial Pressure, Brown University Health Mum on Newport Hospital Birthing Center

Texas

Texas Tribune: Texas Hospitals Expect to Lose $27 Million a Day in Medicaid Funding Starting Tuesday

KXAS: Texas Hospitals Face Medicaid Funding Uncertainty as New Federal Rules Take Effect

Vermont

Stowe News & Citizen: Adult Day Services Will Close Its Doors

Virginia 

WSLS: Virginia Hospitals Keep Closing Labor-And-Delivery Units, Stranding Rural Mothers 

Virginia Mercury: Virginia Hospitals Keep Closing Labor-And-Delivery Units, Stranding Rural Mothers 

The Tidewater News: Luria, Kiggans Share Views on Rural Health Care

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Public Radio: Report: 1 in 7 Wisconsin Counties Lack Obstetric Clinicians, Birthing Facilities 

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Centers for Independence in Milwaukee to Close Its Home Care Program