Medicaid cuts would threaten billions in hospital revenue

March 13, 2025

Alex Kacik  

Hospitals could lose billions of dollars in revenue if states roll back Medicaid expansions due to potential Medicaid cuts.

House Republicans proposed hundreds of billions of dollars in Medicaid cuts, potentially including per capita caps, work requirements and eliminating enhanced federal payments for states that expanded Medicaid coverage. Hospitals may lose $32 billion in 2026 revenue if Medicaid expansion is curtailed, an analysis released Tuesday by the left-leaning think tank Urban Institute shows. Coverage losses could also increase providers’ uncompensated care costs.

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