Hospital leaders across the country warn the massive cuts to Medicaid could leave pregnant people in rural communities with vanishingly few options for medical care. There is a fear that as women lose coverage, they will not seek prenatal care, which worsens birth outcomes, particularly in areas that are already underserved:
https://19thnews.org/2025/08/pregnancy-rural-america-maternity-ward-closures-medicaid/
Hospital leaders across the country warn the massive cuts to Medicaid could leave pregnant people in rural communities with vanishingly few options for medical care. There is a fear that as women lose coverage, they will not seek prenatal care, which worsens birth outcomes, particularly in areas that are already underserved
Hospital leaders across the country warn the massive cuts to Medicaid could leave pregnant people in rural communities with vanishingly few options for medical care. There is a fear that as women lose coverage, they will not seek prenatal care, which worsens birth outcomes, particularly in areas that are already underserved:
https://19thnews.org/2025/08/pregnancy-rural-america-maternity-ward-closures-medicaid/