A rural medical clinic in Nebraska — located in a district that President Donald Trump won by more than 50 points in the 2024 election — is being forced to close its doors, with its CEO citing federal cuts to Medicaid as the main reason behind the shutdown.
The closure comes just days after Republicans pushed through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a sweeping tax cuts and spending package that includes deep reductions to Medicaid. The bill passed in the House by a 218-214 vote, with every Democrat and two Republicans opposing it. Trump is expected to sign it into law on July 4.
The legislation aims to fulfill Trump’s signature campaign promises — including making permanent the tax cuts that overwhelmingly benefit wealthy Americans and ramping up funding for immigration enforcement. To offset those costs, the bill imposes large spending cuts on Medicaid and food assistance programs, which critics argue will devastate working-class, low-income, and elderly Americans — particularly those in rural red states.
Community Hospital, based in McCook, Nebraska, announced this week that it will shut down its rural clinic in Curtis, a town of about 900 residents.
“Unfortunately, the current financial environment, driven by anticipated federal budget cuts to Medicaid, has made it impossible for us to continue operating all of our services, many of which have faced significant financial challenges for years,” said Community Hospital CEO Troy Bruntz in a statement on Wednesday.
In a town where 76% backed Trump, locals are outraged as his new bill shuts down their only hospital
https://wtfdetective.blog/76-percent-backed-trump-new-bill-shuts-down-hospital/
44 Comments
Jerry@feddit.online · 80 pts · 269d
And as you'd expect, with their hospital closing, they remain loyal to Trump, refusing to believe that the funding cuts had anything to do with the closure. That everyone is just picking on Trump and using him as a convenient excuse.
It's a cult.
https://kbsd6.com/health/curtis-nebraska-hospital-closing-how-medicaid-cuts-sparked-a-rural-healthcare-crisis/
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social · 44 pts · 268d
Yeah, us leftists have been saying Free Universal Healthcare for years, but you keep politicizing your own health. Now try to solve your health without begging to feds.
Fedizen@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 268d
Right wing talk radio has given people so much brain damage
harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 16 pts · 268d
They just really need to pull a Heaven's Gate, if they wanna cult so hard.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 10 pts · 268d
they got close since they took bleach, horse paste, and hydroxyquinilone,.
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org · 5 pts · 268d
There was a comet recently, quite close to hitting the moon or smth. What a missed opportunity.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 8 pts · 268d
moving the goalpost, and cognitive dissonance is thier favorite goto.
sundray@lemmus.org · -1 pts · 268d
What matters is that they suffer. It matters less if they understand why.
shiftymccool@piefed.ca · 4 pts · 268d
No, the whole point is for them to know, to understand that they did this to themselves
sundray@lemmus.org · 2 pts · 268d
If that is the case, 99% of the links posted in this comm should be removed. We keep seeing people negatively effected by their own choices, voting against their self interests, and yet doubling down. Regretful MAGAs are exceedingly rare.
I think we need to come to some consensus on what we're doing here. Are we a community of hope, looking for evidence of changing hearts and minds? Or are we community of people bitterly laughing at the self-inflicted misfortune of racist, homophobic, xenophobic, pro-fascist creeps, knowing there's no hope left for American democracy?
vertOrange@feddit.org · 1 pts · 259d
Hope for those who may slip into the Q-hole. The problem is once you're deep, not only can't you get out, but you become nothing but a tool to make others suffer, and laughing at them when the favor is returned is a deterrent to those who may FAFO in the future.
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social · 2 pts · 268d
You have described torture.
The same torture Nebraskans committed on immigrants who laboured their farms.
The same immigrants being death encamped.
sundray@lemmus.org · 1 pts · 268d
Losing a hospital by their own hand is hardly equivalent to being forcibly disappeared and sent to concentration camps.
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social · 1 pts · 267d
Glad we agree then, that Nebraskans’ means do not justify their consequences for mass slaughter.
Witchfire@lemmy.world · 63 pts · 269d
Have the day you voted for ✨
AtariDump@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 268d
Inaminate_Carbon_Rod@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 268d
But I voted for whoeve[R]!
This is clearly the fault of the Democrats!
bagsy@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 268d
McCook is also where the new ICE detentention center is located. So the "good" people of McCook traded their only hospital for an ICE concentration camp.
philpo@feddit.org · 4 pts · 268d
Well, if only the US federal goverment would provide adequate care for people in that facility,that would very likely create enough additional business for the hospital to survive.
If only....
MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 269d
But pronouns and DEI, amirite?
Two in the thoughts, one in the prayers.
RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 268d
Buttery Males!
AtariDump@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 268d
Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 268d
It's bothering me that the text isn't centered.
TallonMetroid@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 268d
Rather than complain, be the change you want to see in the world.
This took me all of 30s to do.
AtariDump@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 266d
Valmond@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 269d
Bull shit bill shut. Nice
Fedizen@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 268d
One bill to rule them all, and in the darkness bind them.
They should rename the town Mordor.
shalafi@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 269d
Our health care system was already choking the life out of rural healthcare. Talk about nails in coffins!
One would think the GOP would be wise enough to, if not take care of their voters, at least avoid harming them.
Interesting there was a clinic in a town of 900. My camp sits outside a town of 900 and I wouldn't expect a clinic. I'd have to go 20-25 minutes east or west to see any sort of health care.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 268d
?? They just need their votes, they’re not doing anything for them - they’re poors! Besides it runs itself now, they don’t have to, y’know, care.
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 268d
People who have zero idea about policy tend to vote republican simply because their family/friends tell them to. My cousin is a tacit maga member of the lbgt community. Occasionally she'll ask me about political stuff, and I'll send her an article that explains it better than I can, and promptly not fucking read it.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 268d
Yeah, well not reading is a core tenet. That’s why they have so many podcasters and youtubers to explain everything to them.
D_C@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 268d
Too bad so sad
Though I do feel for the decent ones who live there that don't like the orange child rapist.
SebaDC@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 268d
Blips & bloopers.
Blackmist@feddit.uk · 9 pts · 268d
"Would you like an after-dinner face? It is waffer thin..."
stringere@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 268d
Better
stringere@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 268d
Better get a bucket
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 268d
I'm not generally one to blame the voters because Donald lied to them about everything except immigration, but he spent his entire first administration trying to cut their health care, so it is a little dumb that they voted for a second helping.
I hope they enjoyed the articles about his kickass Halloween party.
Rothe@piefed.social · 3 pts · 268d
You really should start to blame the voters more though. They believe his lies because he tickles their bigotry with it. They are hateful people voting for this shit because they hope he hurts people.
Apathy@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 268d
Who could have seen this coming /s
switcheroo@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 268d
Boo hoo. So sad. Anyways...
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social · 6 pts · 269d
For everyone else that doubts these crocodile tears. cc @Zexks@lemmy.world
The 🏥.
::: spoiler PS Dunno y oðr🧵 got 🚮 :::
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 268d
Well let them suffer and die, it's what they wanted for us, now they get what they voted for themselves. Not going to feel guilty for them
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 269d
LOL. Boo hoo.
DrFistington@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 268d
Fucking die, you ass holes