Health News Federal Funding Cuts Could Impact Already Fragile Rural Health Care

What to know about the impacts Medicaid cuts are having on rural health care

Medicaid cuts are being blamed for the closure of a community health center in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. Read More

A health center closure in New England town reveals toll of federal cuts on rural communities

Medicaid cuts are being blamed for the closure of a community health center in New Hampshire's White Mountains. Read More

Potential Rural Health Fund awards fall short of federal healthcare cuts for West Virginia

Earlier this month, West Virginia submitted its application for the federal Rural Health Transformation Fund, with Gov. Patrick Morrisey touting the program as an unprecedented opportunity to ... Read More

‘Medicaid Cut Me Off’: A Rural Health Center Faces New Pressures

As cuts to federal health care take hold, local clinics like Delta Health Center in Mississippi will be stretched more thinly than ever. As cuts to federal health care take hold, local clinics like ... Read More

CDC cuts, chaos is straining public health in Kentucky. Here's how

Heavy cuts at the CDC threaten to upend Kentucky's public health infrastructure, as local officials describe confusion and uncertainty around the agency's guidance. Without stable support for public ... Read More

The Republican federal budget bill has devastated Washington families | Opinion

As the Republican shutdown of our federal government dragged on, harmful impacts to Washington state increased. | Opinion ... Read More

As Federal Cuts Deepen Mental Health Crisis, Philanthropy Scrambles to Fill the Gap

It’s hardly news that the United States is experiencing a mental health crisis — the CDC says as much. But experts in the field say that the current administration has severely compounded the problem ... Read More

Iowa’s rural hospitals brace for impacts from Medicaid changes

Grace Nelson, a third-year University of Iowa student from Sioux City, Iowa, was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy at 18 months old and has been a powered wheelchair user since she was 3.  Nelson ... Read More

Federal healthcare cuts could affect coverage for millions of Californians, state officials say

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. SACRAMENTO — The state does not have the fiscal capacity to make up for the massive, oncoming federal cuts to ... Read More

Iowa seeks federal funding to support rural health care, Gov. Kim Reynolds announces

(Iowa Capital Dispatch) - Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Wednesday the state submitted an application for a new “Healthy Hometowns” initiative that could bring in more than $1 billion for rural health ... Read More

Federal healthcare cuts could affect coverage for millions of Californians, state officials say

The state does not have the fiscal capacity to make up for the massive, oncoming federal cuts to healthcare programs used by millions of vulnerable Californians, a stark reality that will force state ... Read More