A new analysis from Public Citizen found that 446 hospitals are at high risk of closing or cutting services due to planned Medicaid cuts under President Donald Trump.
The report looked at financial data from about 95% of U.S. hospitals between 2022 and 2024.
Medicaid plays a major role in hospital funding, covering about one-fifth of all hospital spending, according to the health policy organization KFF.
Hospitals were considered at risk if at least 20% of their revenue comes from Medicaid and other low-income government programs and they have been losing money in recent years.
The cuts in Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” are expected to reduce federal Medicaid funding by about $1 trillion over the next decade.
Source: Hundreds of US Hospitals at Risk of Shutting Down From Medicaid Cuts / Infectious Disease Advisor