July 9th, 2025 by WCBC Radio

Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania dealt some harsh reality to reporters recently as he detailed what will happen to state residents as a result of the spending bill just passed by Congress. He said the state has rural hospitals already working in a deficit and their future is now quite uncertain…

   

“So if you’re already facing a deficit and your Medicaid is being slashed, we estimate that there’s about 25 rural hospitals that are likely to shutter in the next few years because of this.”

Shapiro also cautioned that there is no large-scale state bailout coming…

   

“Pennsylvania can’t backfill this. We don’t have the money to. I warned these members of congress that we couldn’t do it. The cuts that are about to come are coming as a direct result of how your federal representatives voted here. We can’t fix this for them.”