(WXIN/WTTV) — Some lawmakers fear that at least a dozen rural hospitals in Indiana are at risk due to Medicaid budget cuts proposed in President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”
Four Democrat senators and at least one Republican have warned that many smaller hospitals throughout the country could be at risk under the proposed cuts.
“Rural hospitals are going to be in bad shape,” U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) said last week.
Four others sent a letter to Trump last week stating that 338 U.S. hospitals would be impacted by the Medicaid reductions as they currently stand.
U.S. Senators Edward Markey (D-Massachusetts), Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), Jeffrey Merkley (D-Oregon) and Charles Schumer (D-New York) cited research done by the University of North Carolina in their letter.
“Lack of health care access in rural America is contributing to worse health outcomes,” their letter reads. “Rural hospitals are often the largest employers in rural communities, and when a rural hospital closes or scales back its services, communities are not only forced to grapple with losing access to health care, but also with job loss and the resulting financial insecurity.”
The letter lists 12 Indiana hospitals that could potentially be impacted by the bill:
To read a full copy of the letter and the list of potentially affected hospitals, click here.
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