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Democrats use new tactic to highlight Trump's gutting of Medicaid: billboards in the rural U.S.

By The Guardian  
   July 29, 2025

The fate of rural hospitals has become a politically contentious issue for Republicans, as historic cuts pushed through by the GOP are expected to come into effect over the next decade. Donald Trump's enormous One Big Beautiful Bill Act cut more than $1 trillion from Medicaid. A June analysis by the Sheps Center found that 338 rural hospitals, including dozens in states such as Louisiana, Kentucky and Oklahoma, could close as a result of the OBBBA. 

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