(2 Jul 2025)
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Jackson, Mississippi – 2 July 2025
1. St. Dominic hospital tower
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Roy Mitchell, executive director of the Mississippi Health Advocacy Program:
"We’ve got hospitals that are in danger of closing—rural hospitals that are going to be directly impacted by this bill."
3. Emergency hospital entrance
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Roy Mitchell, executive director of the Mississippi Health Advocacy Program:
"We thought the House version was bad, but the Senate version in terms of Medicaid is much worse."
5. St. Dominic hospital water tower
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Florida (exact location unknown) – 2 July 2025
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ryan Cross, chief government relations officer for Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System:
"Our facilities rely on the Medicaid program to support vital access to care for some of the most vulnerable in our community. These are pregnant women, children, working families that cannot afford commercial insurance."
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Jackson, Mississippi – 2 July 2025
7. Hospital sign reading "Maternal and Newborn"
8. Man sits on turned over shopping cart
9. St. Dominic sign
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Florida (exact location unknown) – 2 July 2025
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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Ryan Cross, chief government relations officer for Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System:
"Our hope is that we won’t see hospitals close as a result of passing this legislation in the near term, but as we know, in the state of Mississippi, there are many rural hospitals that are already on the brink of closure."
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Jackson, Mississippi – 2 July 2025
11. Close up on people’s feet in hospital waiting room
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Anchorage, Alaska – 2 July 2025
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12. SOUNDBITE (English) Jared Kosin, president and CEO of the Alaska Hospital and Healthcare Association:
"There is no spinning this as if there’s a positive thing. Even the rural health fund can’t be championed as a great thing because it’s an attempt to offset impact that was self imposed."
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Jackson, Mississippi – 2 July 2025
13. Emergency sign
14. Pamphlet reading "Do you know your healthcare options?"
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Anchorage, Alaska – 2 July 2025
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15. SOUNDBITE (English) Jared Kosin, president and CEO of the Alaska Hospital and Healthcare Association:
"Every piece of paper I’m reading this morning, every piece of paper I’ve read through these debates, will unquestionably make things harder on the state of Alaska, the government of Alaska and beneficiaries that require coverage. Period."
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Jackson, Mississippi – 2 July 2025
16. Paramedics push gurney into emergency room
STORYLINE:
From Jackson, Mississippi to Anchorage, Alaska, healthcare advocates are concerned Medicaid changes in President Trump’s big bill will hurt rural hospitals and the patients who rely on them.
The tax and spending cut bill passed the Senate Tuesday and is now back in the hands of House members
"We thought the House version was bad, but the Senate version in terms of Medicaid is much worse," said Roy Mitchell, executive director of the Mississippi Health Advocacy Program.
According to a 2025 study by the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform, 54% of Mississippi’s 67 rural hospitals are already at risk of closing.
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