Threats of losses of services and even hospital closures loom after Trump signs ‘big, beautiful’ budget bill into law.

The expansion of Medicare Advantage in rural areas highlights a policy paradox: Despite long-standing efforts by the federal ...

Many of Ohio's rural hospitals are barely breaking even. Now, new Medicaid changes could mean a major loss of income.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sarah Jane Tribble, chief rural correspondent for KFF Health News, about how potential cuts to Medicaid could impact rural hospitals.

OMAHA, Neb. — Tyler Sherman, a nurse at a rural Nebraska hospital, is used to the area’s aging farmers delaying care until they end up in his emergency room. Now, with Congress planning around ...

A KFF report shows 36 states losing $1 billion or more over 10 years in Medicaid funding for rural areas under the Republican bill, even with the $50 billion rural fund.

A University of Iowa researcher with experience studying rural health care says cuts to Medicaid will only complicate care ...

Nationwide, Medicaid and CHIP, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, covered 47% of children and 18% of adults, respectively, in small towns and rural areas, compared with 40% of children and ...

Wade Erickson doesn’t want to seem like an alarmist. But Erickson, CEO of Horizon Healthin South Dakota, has serious concerns ...