WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) praised the House of Representatives’ vote to reauthorize the U.S. Forest Service’s Secure Rural Schools and Self-Determination Program (SRS) through 2026. This vote comes days after Sullivan and his Senate colleagues sent a letter to House leadership, calling for its passage. The SRS program lapsed at the end of 2023, substantially reducing […]
A Virginia healthcare company said it was closing three rural clinics as part of its “ongoing response to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” Hospitals and healthcare clinics across the US have been announcing layoffs, service cuts, and closures in the weeks since Republicans passed a budget law that’s estimated to slash spending on Medicaid by nearly $1 trillion […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Nick Begich (R-AK) applauded the announcement of the new $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Fund, the single largest investment in rural health care in American history. This initiative will improve health care delivery across rural America and provide new opportunities for access to care in Alaska. “Alaska’s rural communities face some of the […]
“Hospitals count on Medicaid to keep their doors open,” said healthcare advocacy group Protect Our Care. “Medicaid accounts for one fifth of spending on hospitals, one fifth of hospital discharges, and at least one in five inpatient days in nearly every state.” These are all the hospitals in America that are already facing cuts and […]