Five rural Alabama hospitals are considered “at risk” of closing, according to a report from a reputable center for health services research. U.S. senators requested a list of the rural hospitals from each state from the center and attached it in a letter to President Donald Trump, among others.

Major Medicaid cuts in Trump’s tax bill could hit rural voters especially hard -- giving organizers hope the party can make improvements in these areas in the midterms.

In Kevin Hassett, the Trump administration has picked an especially unfortunate spokesperson.

Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" is now law. It will change Medicaid work requirements and limit federal funding for healthcare and hospitals.

Medicaid work requirements are part of the One Big Beautiful Bill spending law, but Arizona already had its own state work requirements plan.

He didn’t. Trauma surgeons and orthopedists consulted on his case. He got CT scans, X-rays, and a blood transfusion. Social workers visited him, as did a nutritionist—he was underweight. Antibiotics mopped up the pneumonia he’d contracted from inhaling saliva when he’d passed out. He remained hospitalized for more than a week.

Medicaid is the state's largest health insurer, covering a quarter of Michigan residents. Reform supporters say the changes will eliminate loopholes.