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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.
The bill, ushered through Congress by Republican leadership and signed by Trump Friday, includes $4.5 trillion in tax cuts, slashes spending on Medicaid, and creates temporary tax deductions for overtime and tipped income. It includes $170 billion for immigrant detention and for new personnel for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The reduction in patients who qualify for Medicaid will mean free clinics must fundraise or find other funds to cover costs for care. In addition, some people would lose ACA coverage, causing more people to seek care at free clinics that are already stretched thin.
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WNEM on MSNMedical professionals speak with Rep. McDonald Rivet on Medicaid cuts potential impactCongresswoman Kristen McDonald Rivet made a stop in mid-Michigan to discuss President Donald Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ that was signed into law.
The massive bill is guided by spending requests from the White House. It will extend the 2017 Trump tax cuts, while cutting billions of dollars in social program funding. It’s been described as the largest cuts to social welfare programs since at least the 1990s, and according to some experts the most severe in modern history.
Healthcare professionals and elected officials expressed concern Monday around Lake County about the impact of the ‘big beautiful bill” on patients who rely on Medicaid for their medical needs.
Five rural Alabama hospitals are considered “at risk” of closing, according to a report from a reputable center for health services research. U.S. senators requested a list of the rural hospitals from each state from the center and attached it in a letter to President Donald Trump, among others.
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.