Health care news from around the web: May 12 – 16, 2025

‘Cuts of this magnitude cannot be absorbed’: Hospitals slam Republicans’ Medicaid proposal

House Republicans on May 11 floated a bill that would impose up to $715 billion in Medicaid and ACA cuts over the next decade — reductions that hospital leaders warn would leave millions without coverage and put essential hospitals at risk of closure.

‘Reduce, limit, slash’: LTC providers fear Medicaid cuts, implications in House budget proposal

While skilled nursing groups hailed the congressional proposal that would put a moratorium on the nursing home staffing mandate for almost 10 years, they used even more energy to join a host of other health care stakeholders in criticizing limitations the same package would place on provider taxes.

Why hospitals can’t cut their way to prosperity, per 1 CFO

One hospital CFO is sounding the alarm on the glaring challenges that pediatric health care currently faces.

Nursing students could skip CNA classes, sit for exam faster under fast-moving proposals

A pair of bills that seek to help supply long-term care providers hire more workers faster continue to advance through the Pennsylvania Legislature, raising provider hopes.