Iowa’s rural hospitals face uncertainty as impacts of federal Medicaid funding cuts loom

WASHINGTON, Iowa — Rural hospitals are evaluating and planning for the potential effects of federal Medicaid funding cuts, saying they are considering changes that would impact patients and staff the least.

On the 60th anniversary of Medicaid and Medicare benefits in the U.S., Washington County Hospital and Clinics is one of many facilities responding to shifts in program funding.

Recent data from the independent health policy research organization KFF finds that two out of five Iowans on Medicaid live in rural areas…

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