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June 24, 2025

Additional 55 Rural Hospitals at Risk of Closure Should Medicaid Cuts Pass

Healthcare Finance News – Rural hospitals will have to scale back services or close altogether should the Senate pass President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, according to a new report from Families USA and rural health providers in West Virginia and Iowa.

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The Senate is facing a Friday deadline to vote on the spending bill to meet the goal of getting it done before leaving for a July 4 recess. Senators are reportedly at odds over the Medicaid spending cuts while conservatives want to see more slashed from the budget. 

A Senate GOP aide told The Hill, “I think it’s highly unlikely at this point that we vote on this thing by July 4. I think there is too much work to do.”

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