07/08/2025
If you live in McCook, Nebraska, your health care is about to get a lot worse. The Community Hospital, which serves the community south of North Platte, is closing down due to uncertainty over Medicaid cuts. Yep, the Trump budget bill that axes $1 trillion from the healthcare program for the most vulnerable Americans.
But the pain goes far deeper, as the citizens of McCook well know. They’re the first community to lose their hospital over these cuts, but sadly, they won’t be the last. Five more rural hospitals in Nebraska alone could be shutting their doors.
Lisa Senecal and Susan J. Demas talk about this and more on Lincoln Square:
This is just the beginning of the pain MAGA has in store for us.