Two West Alabama rural hospitals and one in South Alabama are listed among three in the state that are in danger of joining a long list of such hospitals that have already closed in Alabama. Public Citizen, a left-leaning non-profit founded by political activist and consumer protection advocate Ralph Nader has named Hale County Hospital in Greensboro, Hill Hospital of Sumter County and Grove Hill Memorial Hospital as hospitals at a heightened risk for closure or a reduction in services.
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In a website article entitled The Big Ugly Threat to Safety Net Hospitalsby Eileen O’Grady analysed the hospitals that are at risk. She blames President Trump’s The One Big Beautiful Bill Act for massive cuts in Medicaid for the pressure being applied to healthcare, especially in rural areas.
Since 2010, at least seven Alabama rural hospitals have closed according to the Alabama Hospitals Association. They have identified 19 others that are risk.
Bibb/Chilton/Shelby Senator April Weaver (R-14) wrote in a 2025 Yellowhammer News guest editorial that hospitals are more than treatment center, “They are economic anchors. Nearly 78,000 Alabamians work in hospitals, and hospitals generate an astonishing $25 billion in economic impact (to Alabama).”…