Rosen Warns GOP-Passed “Big Beautiful Bill” Will Force Millions Off Health Coverage, Push Hospitals Toward Closure
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) is raising alarm following a new report that projects that Nevada hospitals will lose more than $232 million in annual revenue as a result of the recently-passed extreme Republican tax law. The so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” includes severe cuts to Medicaid, which will decimate funding for hospitals and kick people off of their health insurance. These funding cuts will devastate rural providers and threaten access to care statewide.
“At a time when Nevada is already facing a dire shortage of doctors, Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans will make it even harder for families to access the care they need by cutting hundreds of millions of dollars from hospitals in our state,” said Senator Rosen. “Republicans’ ‘Big Beautiful’ Betrayal will force maternity wards to close, emergency rooms to shutter, and families to have to drive hours for basic care. Hardworking Nevadans won’t forget that Trump made it harder and more expensive to see a doctor just so he could give more tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy.”
According to the report, hospitals that can see cuts in funding as a result of Republicans’ extreme law include:
- University Medical Center in Las Vegas: $45,408,749
- Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno: $32,126,708
- Northeastern Nevada Regional Hospital in Elko: $3,144,661
- Humboldt General Hospital in Winnemucca: $1,774,934
- William Bee Ririe Hospital in Ely: $1,088,953
- Battle Mountain General Hospital in Battle Mountain: $589,100
The full list of hospitals from this report can be found HERE.
Senator Rosen has been a steadfast champion for Nevada’s hospitals—particularly those serving rural areas—through bipartisan legislation and federal funding wins. Earlier this year, she helped introduce bipartisan legislation to bring more doctors to underserved areas by reauthorizing and expanding the Conrad 30 program. She also introduced the bipartisan REDI Act to address the doctor shortage in rural communities by easing student loan burdens on medical residents and the bipartisan SPARC Act to create a student loan repayment program for specialists practicing in rural areas. Most recently, she secured nearly $34 million in federal funding to support health care and critical infrastructure in Nevada’s rural communities.
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