Medicaid helps pay for 41% of births in the U.S., according to Kaiser Family Foundation. In rural communities, it covers nearly half. President Trump's new spending bill cuts Medicaid's federal funding and largely leaves it up to the states to decide if and how to supplement care.

Potential Medicaid cuts in North Carolina threaten programs like CAP/C, a program to assist medically fragile children, leaving many families to face uncomfortable uncertainty.

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According to estimates from Manatt Health, rural hospitals stand to lose $70 billion over the next decade as a result of Trump’s tax cuts and spending legislation. Put it another way: Hospitals are projected to lose 21 cents from every Medicaid dollar received.

As the burden for Medicaid changes shift to the states, the states will have to make very difficult decisions.

State officials estimate 310,000 Pennsylvanians will lose Medicaid coverage and anticipate strain at health facilities caused by federal budget cuts.

Up to 35% of the more than 150,000 people currently enrolled in Connecticut may lose their coverage by 2034, Access Health reports.

The Wilson County Help Center fears the worst is yet to come as the country prepares for cuts to Medicaid and SNAP benefits as part of the "big, beautiful bill" that President Donald Trump signed into law last week.