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‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ threatens to shutter rural hospitals, state officials warn
Rural hospitals across California will be put on the brink of closure or forced to shut down services due to sweeping cuts to federal health care funding, state officials said Thursday. California State Treasurer Fiona Ma and State Controller Malia Cohen were speaking at a news conference organized by the nonprofit For The Long Term, […] The post ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ threatens to shutter rural hospitals, state officials warn appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ threatens to shutter rural hospitals, state officials warn, Rural hospitals across California will be put on the brink of closure or forced to shut down services due to sweeping cuts to federal health care funding, state officials said Thursday. California State Treasurer Fiona Ma and State Controller Malia Cohen were speaking at a news conference organized by the nonprofit For The Long Term, […] The post ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ threatens to shutter rural hospitals, state officials warn appeared first on Local News Matters .
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