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AMA Sounds Alarm: Medicaid Cuts Threaten Rural Healthcare Access

6/26/2025

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The AMA raises alarms over the Senate budget-reconciliation bill, cautioning that cuts to Medicaid and CHIP funding, along with stricter eligibility rules, could severely limit healthcare access. This jeopardizes physician practices, particularly in rural regions, and risks raising the uninsured rate, further deepening the U.S. physician shortage crisis.

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The AMA raises alarms over the Senate budget-reconciliation bill, cautioning that cuts to Medicaid and CHIP funding, along with stricter eligibility rules, could severely limit healthcare access. This jeopardizes physician practices, particularly in rural regions, and risks raising the uninsured rate, further deepening the U.S. physician shortage crisis.