Health Apr 03 A Nebraska hospital in peril shows how a Republican-led rural health fund is coming up short By Margery A. Beck, Ali Swenson, Associated Press
Health Nov 08 Watch 6:44 Struggling rural hospitals compete for billions of dollars in federal funding Health systems in rural America are struggling. Many are losing money and over the past decade, more than 100 have closed. To address Medicaid shortfalls in the “One Big Beautiful” budget bill, Congress approved a $50 billion rural health transformation… By Ali Rogin, Kaisha Young
Health Jun 24 Watch 4:03 How proposed cuts to Medicaid could affect rural hospitals Rural hospitals across the country, many already struggling to stay afloat, could face devastating consequences if proposed Medicaid cuts in the domestic spending bill become law. To help understand what’s at stake, Geoff Bennett spoke with Tim Wolters, the director… By Geoff Bennett, Doug Adams, Kyle Midura
Politics Jan 29 WATCH: RFK Jr. says AI nurse that diagnoses 'as good as any doctor' can help provide care to rural America "President Trump is determined to end the hemorrhaging of rural hospitals, and he's asked me to do that through the use of AI, through telemedicine," Kennedy said. By Molly Finnegan
Health Nov 22 Over half of Mississippi's rural hospitals are at risk of closing The potential closures threaten to exacerbate poor health outcomes in one of the nation's poorest states. Experts at the hearing say the crux of the problem facing Mississippi's hospitals is that revenues have not kept pace with rising costs to… By Michael Goldberg, Associated Press/Report for America
Jan 09 Rural hospitals rely on Medicaid expansion to stay open, study shows By Casey Moss, STAT A new study released Monday reports a crucial consequence of that divide: Nonexpansion states have suffered a significant increase in hospital closures. States that expanded benefits, on the other hand, saw their rate of closures decline. Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch 8:43 Small towns watch aging hospitals shutter By Jason Kane and Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News In rural communities across the country, health care is becoming an increasingly scarce commodity. More than 50 rural hospitals have closed nationwide since 2010, and hundreds more teeter on the brink of bankruptcy. It’s a trend driven by falling revenues… Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch 3:14 Financial incentives prompt rural hospitals to perform more surgeries—but at a greater risk By PBS News Hour An investigation by The Wall Street Journal found that surgeries performed at so-called critical access hospitals in mostly rural areas carry a greater risk of complications than those at general hospitals. And financial incentives lead the small facilities to perform… Continue watching