Without changes to the GOP's "big, beautiful bill," Sen. Josh Hawley fears "there’s going to be a lot of rural hospitals in ...

Cuts to Medicaid and other federal health programs proposed in President Donald Trump's budget plan would rapidly push more ...

The cuts could be especially acute in Kansas. The state recently increased its tax on Medicaid providers from 3% to 6%, an ...

Senate Republicans say they are looking for ways to safeguard rural hospitals from proposed cuts to a key Medicaid funding ...

Less than half of Missouri’s rural hospitals have labor and delivery departments, with two closing since 2020.

Proposed plans to eliminate Medicaid could place already financially struggling rural hospitals at risk of closure.

Michael Cabell, the recently appointed Pennsylvania state director for USDA Rural Development, said expanding health care options in sparsely populated areas is one of his top priorities.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) would result in 1.8 million individuals in rural communities losing their Medicaid ...

Rural hospitals often have a high percentage of lower-income patients, many of whom rely on Medi-Cal to afford to see a ...

Clifton-Fine Hospital CEO warns that cuts to Medicaid could leave thousands without care — and push small facilities to the ...

As clinician shortages grow, hospitals turn to artificial intelligence (AI) and scheduling tools to optimize resources, ...

Jeremy Nordquist, president of the Nebraska Hospital Association, called the proposed Medicaid cuts "an alarming attack on ...