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Southeast Utah hospitals brace for long-term impact of Medicaid cuts

Local leaders warn of higher uninsured rates and tighter budgets as the One Big Beautiful Bill phases in starting in 2026 — with much depending on how the state responds.

(Moab Regional Hospital) Dr. Zoe Cross, a family medicine physician who also practices obstetrics at Moab Regional Hospital. Uncertainty over the Big Beautiful Bill’s cuts to health benefits has hospital administrators in southeastern Utah scrambling to address potential revenue shortfalls.