Louisiana Hospitals Warn Congress

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1. LA healthcare leaders warn of dire consequences of proposed Medicaid cuts

The open letter to the U.S. Senate says its version of the bill would hurt patients, communities and the economy.
BY CHAD CALDER | Staff writer Jun 28, 2025

The heads of seven major hospital systems and healthcare organizations in Louisiana penned an open letter to the U.S. Senate on Saturday warning that proposed Medicaid cuts would be devastating for patients, the industry and state and local economies.

The letter says the cuts proposed in the current Senate version of the massive reconciliation package working its way through Congress — known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — would be "historic in their devastation and warrant our shared advocacy to protect our patients and the care we provide them at our hospitals and clinics."

The letter says the cuts threaten rural communities in particular because their hospitals are already in a precarious financial state ...

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