RENSSELAER — Franciscan Health officials said Thursday there has been no discussion to close the Rensselaer hospital.

The Honorable Josh Hawley United States Senate 115 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Hawley: ...

Healthcare experts prepare for the fallout of more than $1 trillion in Medicaid after the passage of President Donald Trump's ...

President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed July 4, slashes Medicaid with 80-hour-a-month work rules for some recipients and adds a $50 billion fund for rural hospitals.

Hospital closures also mean longer ambulance rides for rural residents. Charlie Brunner, the fire chief in Jackson County in ...

This essay is the first in a 4-part series I’m calling Rural Health Resilience—a look at the state of rural health in America ...

Rural hospitals have long operated on the financial edge, especially in recent years as Medicaid payments have continuously ...

Rural hospitals brace for financial hits or even closure under Republicans' $1 trillion Medicaid cut Tyler Sherman, a nurse at a rural Nebraska hospital, is used to the area's aging farmers ...

Those most likely to be impacted by the medicaid cuts are seniors and those living in poverty, most in rural communities.

Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, only voted for the bill after she and Collins pushed for more money for the rural hospital fund. The Senate agreed to increase the amount in the Rural Health Transformation ...

In Arizona alone, rural hospitals stand to lose $1.2 billion over 10 years under the Senate version, according to estimates from the National Rural Health Association.

That’s why as a rural hospital administrator, I am especially concerned about the budget bill that cuts billions of dollars from Medicaid, rolling back federal support for the program.