One of the main ways President Donald Trump’s signature law will save billions in the Medicaid program is through new work requirements. An analysis released Thursday said they will put a big dent in Ohio hospital revenues while increasing the cost of caring for newly uninsured patients.
Congress set aside $50 billion for rural hospitals and medical providers to allay fears over the billions more in historic cuts to federal health care spending that President Donald Trump signed into law on Independence Day.
Nine months after Monroe County Hospital in rural South Alabama closed its labor and delivery department in October 2023, Grove Hill Memorial Hospital in neighboring Clarke County also stopped delivering babies.