{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcbride.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-mcbride-gop-budget-puts-rural-hospitals-and-lives-risk", "Rep. McBride: GOP Budget Puts Rural Hospitals \u2014 and Lives \u2014 at Risk", "2025-06-26", "2025", "2025-06", "Democrat", "House", "DE", "Sarah McBride", "M001238", "mcbride.house.gov", "mcbride", "https://mcbride.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 Today, Delaware\u2019s Congresswoman Sarah McBride took to the House floor to warn of the devastating consequences the Republican budget would have on rural hospitals and communities in Delaware and across the country.\n\nIn her remarks, McBride highlighted how drastic cuts to Medicaid proposed by House Republicans would gut the rural health care system, threaten hospital closures, and raise costs for working families \u2014 all to just partially fund tax breaks for the wealthy.\n\n\u201cAcross Delaware, rural hospitals are doing more than just providing care,\u201d said Rep. McBride. \u201cThey\u2019re delivering babies. They\u2019re treating emergencies. They\u2019re caring for aging parents. They\u2019re anchors of both health and economic security. But under this budget, all of that is at risk.\u201d\n\nMcBride emphasized that over 40% of rural hospitals nationwide already operate at a loss and rely on Medicaid funding to keep their doors open. If the proposed GOP budget becomes law, she warned, it would force layoffs, reduce critical services, and lead to the closure of care centers in rural areas.\n\n\u201cThis isn\u2019t hypothetical,\u201d McBride said. \u201cBefore Medicaid expansion, clinics were closing. Nurses were being laid off. People drove hours just to see a doctor. Now, the Majority wants to bring that devastation to Delaware where we have worked diligently to ensure we have no care deserts.\u201d\n\nIn Delaware alone, more than 40,000 people could lose Medicaid coverage, she noted \u2014 including working families, children, and seniors. Under the Republican plan, care would be replaced with red tape, and life-saving services could vanish.\n\n\u201cLet me tell you what that means in real life: It means working people in Delaware will skip doctor\u2019s appointments because they\u2019ve lost their insurance \u2014 only to end up in the emergency room, facing longer wait times and crushing medical bills. Rural hospitals are left to absorb the costs, while patients are burdened with life-altering debt,\u201d said McBride. \u201cAnd yes, it means preventable deaths.\n\n\u201cCuts to Medicaid aren't just cuts to line items on a budget. They\u2019re cuts to care that keep my constituents alive.\u201d\n\nRep. McBride closed her speech by calling on her colleagues to reject the proposal:\n\n\u201cIf you believe in the dignity of rural communities, and if you believe that no one should die because their local hospital couldn\u2019t keep its doors open\u2014then join me in opposing this horrible and heartless bill.\u201d\n\nMcBride\u2019s full speech is available here for use.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T01:08:28Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://mcbride.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-mcbride-gop-budget-puts-rural-hospitals-and-lives-risk"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7492350414395332, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}