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Medicaid cuts lead to cuts and closures in rural Maine hospitals.

Medicaid cuts lead to cuts and closures in rural Maine hospitals.

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Since the Trump administration has passed the “Big Beautiful Bill”, analysts are taking a closer look at what major Medicaid cuts will mean for rural hospitals.

Over 300 hospitals around the country are at risk of closing according to the Sheps Center at the University of North Carolina, which tracks hospital closures.

Two of those include hospitals located in Maine.

CBS 13 reports that the center lists Maine coast memorial hospital and the Aroostook Medical Center in Presque Isle.

They have both made the list because the center says that they’ve operated at a loss for three consecutive years.

The state has seen four hospitals close within the last ten years, the most recent being in May.

This was the Inland Hospital in Waterville.

This week, Inland’s parent company, Northern Light Health, warned it will need to reduce its workforce and cut back on some services partially due to cuts to Medicaid.

This bill aims to cut almost one trillion dollars from the program over a decade.

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