Rural hospitals
Whether rural hospitals, their emergency rooms and maternity wards stay open, and how Medicaid and Medicare payments affect their finances.
What they call for
DemocratsRepublicans20 new members addressed this issue (with these filters). Many call for more than one thing.
Protect and strengthen rural hospitals so they stay open13Reverse or block Medicaid and other health care cuts that strain rural hospitals8Increase and protect funding for rural hospitals7Raise Medicare, Medicaid and other payments to rural hospitals4Expand Medicaid to help keep rural hospitals open1
Protect and strengthen rural hospitals so they stay open
13 members“close the coverage gap & keep rural hospitals open”View on their website ↗
“I'll also fight for the resources our rural hospitals need to stay open.”View on their website ↗
“Increase the Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rates for hospitals so we can continue providing critical care in our rural communities.”View on their website ↗
“Champion rural hospitals and keep their doors open.”View on their website ↗
“Ensure that our rural hospitals can continue serving Montanans by increasing reimbursement rates for Medicare and Medicaid.”View on their website ↗
“We deserve a congressman who will protect Medicaid, keep our rural hospitals open, and stand up to the big corporations driving up costs.”View on their website ↗
“Fight for independent and rural hospitals”View on their website ↗
“Support our rural hospitals”View on their website ↗
“When I get to Congress, I'll work with colleagues on both sides of the aisle to protect Medicaid funding and make sure our rural hospitals have the resources they need not just to survive, but to thrive.”View on their website ↗
“I will work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to restore the cuts to Medicaid that threaten our rural hospitals, and pass good, bipartisan legislation that will enable our hospitals to not only survive, but thrive.”View on their website ↗
“Help rural hospitals stay open by restoring the $1 trillion Jen Kiggans and Donald Trump cut from Medicaid in order to give tax cuts to billionaires.”View on their website ↗
“Supported protecting rural hospitals: Identified legislation strengthening rural hospitals and improving healthcare access as part of his 2025 legislative priorities.”View on their website ↗
“While Donald Trump cut healthcare for working families, Mike has been fighting to save rural hospitals and health centers, and to enshrine the right to reproductive health for every woman in California.”View on their website ↗
“In Congress, I'll fight to pass Medicare for All and keep rural hospitals open.”View on their website ↗
“I will fight for funding so rural hospitals and clinics stay open. No family should drive hours just to see a doctor.”View on their website ↗
“Stop the constant attacks on healthcare access and keep rural hospitals open.”View on their website ↗
“I will work to expand Medicaid, keep rural hospitals open, and stop politicians from ripping coverage away. Healthcare is a right, not a bargaining chip.”View on their website ↗
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“I know what it is like to struggle to afford insurance, and I support bringing back that health care funding to bring down premium prices and save rural hospitals.”View on their website ↗
“I will work alongside President Trump to reduce red tape, expand access to care, strengthen rural hospitals, and ensure families in small towns can access quality healthcare close to home.”View on their website ↗
“I’m committed to expanding affordable health care options, lowering prescription drug costs, protecting reproductive freedom, and strengthening mental health resources. That also means protecting rural hospitals that serve as lifelines in our communities and ensuring strong federal oversight of the FDA and the Department of Health and Human Services so that safety, transparency, and accountability are never compromised. Health care is not a privilege. It is a necessity, and our policies must reflect that.”View on their website ↗
Reverse or block Medicaid and other health care cuts that strain rural hospitals
8 members“Immediately reverse the Medicaid cuts that will kick more than 100,000 Iowans off their health care and close rural hospitals and nursing homes”View on their website ↗
“Reversing the Medicaid cuts that will devastate Iowa families, nursing homes, and rural hospitals.”View on their website ↗
“To make healthcare accessible and affordable, we need to roll back the massive Medicaid cuts Zach Nunn voted for this year, which will cause 86,000 Iowans to lose their health insurance, and close rural hospitals and clinics.”View on their website ↗
“Congressman Nunn voted to cut Medicaid and then told Iowans it was a myth that rural hospitals would be in trouble. It is not a myth in Red Oak. I will work to restore that funding, because when a small town loses its hospital, it loses the doctors, the nurses, the jobs and the reason young families stay.”View on their website ↗
“Reverse the Medicaid cuts supported by Lauren Boebert that threaten rural hospitals and disproportionately affect communities where access to care is already limited”View on their website ↗
“When I get to Congress, I'll work with colleagues on both sides of the aisle to protect Medicaid funding and make sure our rural hospitals have the resources they need not just to survive, but to thrive.”View on their website ↗
“I will work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to restore the cuts to Medicaid that threaten our rural hospitals, and pass good, bipartisan legislation that will enable our hospitals to not only survive, but thrive.”View on their website ↗
“And on Medicaid, I will oppose any effort to throw the over 100,000 residents of CD2 off a system helping them survive and keeping our rural hospitals afloat.”View on their website ↗
“Help rural hospitals stay open by restoring the $1 trillion Jen Kiggans and Donald Trump cut from Medicaid in order to give tax cuts to billionaires.”View on their website ↗
“Healthcare today costs too much. Everyone, regardless of their insurance coverage, feels the pinch when millions of people lose access to healthcare. Rural healthcare facilities across Southern Arizona are especially at risk because of the cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill. That’s why JoAnna will work to reverse disastrous cuts to healthcare, including to AHCCCS and enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies.”View on their website ↗
“I’ll fight to lower prescription drug costs, cap insulin prices, expand access to generic drugs and restore funding for rural and suburban hospitals.”View on their website ↗
“I know what it is like to struggle to afford insurance, and I support bringing back that health care funding to bring down premium prices and save rural hospitals.”View on their website ↗
Increase and protect funding for rural hospitals
7 members“I'll also fight for the resources our rural hospitals need to stay open.”View on their website ↗
“Reverse Medicaid and Affordable Care Act cuts and fund rural hospitals.”View on their website ↗
“I’ll reverse Republicans’ healthcare cuts and invest in our rural hospitals.”View on their website ↗
“When I get to Congress, I'll work with colleagues on both sides of the aisle to protect Medicaid funding and make sure our rural hospitals have the resources they need not just to survive, but to thrive.”View on their website ↗
“I’ll fight to lower prescription drug costs, cap insulin prices, expand access to generic drugs and restore funding for rural and suburban hospitals.”View on their website ↗
“Fully fund rural hospitals so care is never hours away.”View on their website ↗
“I will fight for funding so rural hospitals and clinics stay open. No family should drive hours just to see a doctor.”View on their website ↗
“Fight for full funding of rural hospitals and community health centers”View on their website ↗
“Protect funding for rural hospitals and infrastructure”View on their website ↗
Raise Medicare, Medicaid and other payments to rural hospitals
4 members“I support the bipartisan Save Struggling Hospitals Act, which corrects a Medicare funding formula that currently shortchanges hospitals in lower-wage areas, including many of the rural hospitals serving District 4.”View on their website ↗
“Increase the Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rates for hospitals so we can continue providing critical care in our rural communities.”View on their website ↗
“Ensure that our rural hospitals can continue serving Montanans by increasing reimbursement rates for Medicare and Medicaid.”View on their website ↗
“Pass legislation requiring insurers to fairly and promptly reimburse rural hospitals, cutting the enormous administrative costs of fighting endless denials”View on their website ↗
“We need to ensure that reimbursement rates are fair, and that rural hospitals are given the same pricing point for medical supplies that their larger counterparts are given.”View on their website ↗
Expand Medicaid to help keep rural hospitals open
1 member“I’ll also work to expand access to Medicaid in our rural communities, where hospitals are closing and too many families are going without care.”View on their website ↗
Raised the issue without a specific call
1 member“The truth is that today, healthcare costs are crushing families and in rural areas all across the country hospitals are in danger of having to close their doors. We have to rethink how we provide actually affordable healthcare to more people.”View on their website ↗
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