Rural Hospitals, Reduced Access, and the Big Beautiful Bill
The reconciliation laws previously often called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act contains quite a few provisions that may result in tens of thousands and thousands of Medicaid beneficiaries being disenrolled, and will result in the closure of over 300 rural hospitals, dramatically rising the variety of Americans who will lose entry to well being care.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that 14 million individuals may lose medical health insurance protection by 2034, and rural communities are anticipated to be particularly hard-hit.
In at this time’s episode, Aaron brings his day job as AcademyHealth CEO into the present, sharing the newest findings, coverage battles, and what all of it means for actual individuals. Special due to Josh Caplan, and Lindsey Randall, from whose Academy Health weblog publish this episode was tailored: https://academyhealth.org/blog/2025-07/coming-rural-health-access-catastrophe-ahrq-more-important-ever
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