{"id":22396,"date":"2025-06-12T10:25:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T14:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=22396"},"modified":"2026-01-28T16:34:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T21:34:29","slug":"markey-leader-schumer-wyden-merkley-release-data-detailing-hundreds-of-rural-hospitals-across-u-s-at-risk-due-to-republican-health-care-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/markey-leader-schumer-wyden-merkley-release-data-detailing-hundreds-of-rural-hospitals-across-u-s-at-risk-due-to-republican-health-care-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Markey, el l\u00edder Schumer, Wyden y Merkley publican datos que detallan que cientos de hospitales rurales en EE. UU. est\u00e1n en riesgo debido a los recortes republicanos a la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Over 300 Rural Hospitals at Disproportionate Risk of Closure, Conversion, or Service Reductions<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawmakers Also Provided Data to President Trump, Leader Thune, and Speaker Johnson in Letter<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Letter and Data<\/em><\/strong><\/a> | <\/em><\/strong>Sheps Response<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington (June 12, 2025) \u2013 Following House Republicans\u2019 passage of a bill that would impose the largest cuts to health care in U.S. history, slashing funding for Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act <\/em>by more than $1 trillion and triggering more than $500 billion in Medicare cuts, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y), Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the Finance Committee, and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the Budget Committee, released detailed data fromthe Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill concluding that Republican health care cuts could place over 300 rural hospitals across the U.S. at disproportionate risk of closure, conversion, or service reductions<\/strong>. The data is based on financial indicators including: share of Medicaid patients served, previous years of negative total margins, and data modeling on future financial distress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The lawmakers also sent the data in a letter to President Trump, Leader John Thune, and Speaker Mike Johnson, writing<\/strong>, \u201cAddressing the crisis in rural health care access is a national, bipartisan priority, and it should be bipartisan to not worsen that crisis. However, if your party passes these health care cuts into law, Americans in rural communities across the country risk losing health care services and jobs supported by their local hospitals. We urge you to read the attached report and reconsider your position. It is not too late to stop these cuts. Billionaire tax breaks are not worth the cost to American lives and livelihoods.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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The response from the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill states<\/strong>, \u201cSubstantial cuts to Medicaid or Medicare payments could increase the number of unprofitable rural hospitals and elevate their risk of financial distress. In response, hospitals may be forced to reduce service lines, convert to a different type of health care facility, or close altogether.\u201d The data shows the following regarding at-risk rural hospitals:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n