May 12, 2025 News Update: New Data on Medicaid Cuts, Infection Prevention Committee Shutdown & the MI Healthcare Workforce Plan

Rural Health News is a weekly segment of Rural Health Today, a podcast by Hillsdale Hospital. News sources for this episode: Executive Office of the Governor, “Gov. Whitmer Releases Top Lines of Alarming Report on Federal Medicaid Cuts, Finding Cuts Would Terminate Health Care for 700,000 Michiganders,” May 7, 2025, https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/press-releases/2025/04/16/whitmer-signs-executive-directive-to-identify-impact-of-federal-medicaid-cuts. Michigan Department of Health & Human Services, “Executive Directive 2025-3,” https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdhhs/Inside-MDHHS/Newsroom/ED-2025-3-FINAL.pdf Lisa Dubay, et. al, “The Impact of Lowering Federal Matching Commitments to Medicaid in 10 States and the District of Columbia,” May, 2025, https://www.rwjf.org/content/dam/farm/reports/issue_briefs/2025/rwjf482585, Urban Institute. Andrew Cass, “Medicaid cuts could cost 10 states, DC nearly $500B: Report,” May 6, 2025, https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/medicaid-cuts-could-cost-10-states-dc-nearly-500b-report/, Becker’s Hospital Review. Alan Condon, “GOP drops some Medicaid cuts from budget plan: 5 things to know,” May 7, 2025, https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/gop-drops-some-medicaid-cuts-from-budget-plan-6-things-to-know/?origin=CFOE&utm_source=CFOE&utm_medium=email&utm_content=newsletter&oly_enc_id=3025D7635490G0H, Becker’s Hospital Review. Ashleigh Fields, “Trump nixes CDC infectious disease advisory committee: Report,” May 6, 2025, https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5286736-trump-nixes-cdc-infectious-disease-advisory-committee-report/, The Hill. Michigan Health Council, “2025 Michigan Healthcare Workforce Plan,” https://www.mhc.org/workforceplan. Rural Health Today is a production of Hillsdale Hospital in Hillsdale, Michigan and a member of the Health Podcast Network. Our host is JJ Hodshire, our producer is Kyrsten Newlon, and our audio engineer is Kenji Ulmer. Special thanks to our special guests for sharing their expertise on the show, and also to the Hillsdale Hospital marketing team. If you want to submit a question for us to answer on the podcast or learn more about Rural Health Today, visit ruralhealthtoday.com.