The Senate’s evolving version of the bill would drastically diminish states’ ability to use what are called provider taxes to ...

Colorado’s extension of Medicaid coverage to illegal immigrants strains a system meant to serve our most vulnerable citizens. That’s why compassionate Coloradans, regardless of political ideologies, ...

Dear Idaho readers. It is your own Senator Mike Crapo, the chair of the Finance Committee in Washington, who is pushing to change President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” suggesting a ...

Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.), one of the most vulnerable Senate Republican incumbents facing re-election in 2026, warned Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) bluntly in a private meeting Tuesday ...

Major cuts to Medicaid funding could have rural communities across the country facing widespread hospital closures and reduced access to health care, says Michael Shepherd, a health policy researcher ...

President Donald Trump and Republican leaders are betting that key GOP holdouts will buckle under enormous pressure to pass his sweeping agenda within days – even as a number are warning they’re ...

Rural hospitals across the country, many already struggling to stay afloat, could face devastating consequences if proposed ...

Independent rural hospitals could lose an estimated $465 million in total patient revenue in 2026 due to federal Medicaid cuts, an average loss of $630,665 per hospital. Independent rural hospitals ...

The Rural Ohio Hospital Tax Pilot Program, a state budget measure, would tax rural hospitals, which would be reimbursed three ...

Cuts to the safety-net program could push hundreds of rural hospitals into further financial distress and impact obstetrics ...

Nearly 400 independent rural hospitals could be pushed to the brink of closure if the Senate passes the budget reconciliation bill.

While Ohio works to save struggling rural hospitals, a federal budget proposal threatens to pull the financial rug out from ...