West Virginia Watch – West Virginia may receive at least $100 million a year from a five-year federal program aimed at “transforming the health care delivery ecosystem,” but that money won’t make up for the Medicaid funding state hospitals stand to lose when the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is fully implemented.
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When the Republican megabill is fully in effect, West Virginia hospitals will lose more than $1 billion per year, Jim Kaufman, president and CEO of the West Virginia Hospital Association, told West Virginia Watch.
“That will have an impact, and hospitals will have to figure out what they do to ensure access with fewer resources,” Kaufman said. “And that may radically change what they can offer in certain communities.”
