{"id":1053918,"date":"2025-07-03T16:05:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T20:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1053918"},"modified":"2025-07-03T16:05:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T20:05:51","slug":"icymi-republicans-disastrous-medicaid-cuts-shuttering-ne-rural-clinics-already","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-republicans-disastrous-medicaid-cuts-shuttering-ne-rural-clinics-already\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: Republicans\u2019 Disastrous Medicaid Cuts Shuttering NE Rural Clinics Already\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, new reporting showed that in Nebraska, a community hospital-run clinic in Curtis already announced its plan to close because of Republicans passing the devastating Trump Budget Bill. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>DNC Vice Chair and ASDC President Jane Kleeb released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTrump and the Republican Party are responsible for rural Nebraskans no longer having a clinic in Curtis. This is the first of many rural clinics and hospitals that will have to close their doors because of Republican cruelty and the shifting of funding from health care to billionaire and big oil handouts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read more below:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.klkntv.com\/rural-southwest-nebraska-clinic-closes-blaming-expected-medicaid-cuts\/\"><strong>KLKN<\/strong><\/a><strong>: Rural southwest Nebraska clinic closes, blaming expected Medicaid cuts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A clinic in southwest Nebraska announced Wednesday that it is closing due to financial challenges, including anticipated Medicaid cuts.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>McCook-based Community Hospital said it is shutting down its clinic in Curtis, a town of about 900 people.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Curtis Medical Center has been in operation for more than 30 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cUnfortunately, the current financial environment, <strong>driven by anticipated federal budget cuts to Medicaid, has made it impossible for us to continue operating all of our services, <\/strong>many of which have faced significant financial challenges for years,\u201d Community Hospital CEO Troy Bruntz said in a statement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, new reporting showed that in Nebraska, a community hospital-run clinic in Curtis already announced its plan to close because of Republicans passing the devastating Trump Budget Bill. \u00a0 DNC Vice Chair and ASDC President Jane Kleeb released the following statement:&nbsp; \u201cTrump and the Republican Party are responsible for rural Nebraskans no longer having a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1053918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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