{"id":37326,"date":"2026-05-31T12:12:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T17:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/?p=37326"},"modified":"2026-05-31T12:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T17:13:07","slug":"three-iowa-hospitals-listed-at-risk-after-federal-medicaid-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/three-iowa-hospitals-listed-at-risk-after-federal-medicaid-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Tres hospitales de Iowa figuran en riesgo tras recortes federales a Medicaid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"holaa-1080276902\" class=\"holaa-before-content\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesperformingarts.org\/whats-on\/series\/summerarts\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"HI-SummerSeries-728&#215;90-SP\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP.jpg 728w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP-300x37.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP-696x86.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/><p><strong>Por <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/staff\/6749652002\/emery-glover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Emery Glover<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/health\/2026\/05\/28\/medicaid-cuts-big-beautiful-bill-rural-iowa-hospitals\/90282146007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Des Moines Register<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mientras el costo de la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica sigue aumentando en Estados Unidos, muchos hospitales buscan c\u00f3mo mantenerse abiertos o conservar a su personal.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"holaa-2939346722\" class=\"holaa-ad-inside-articles-2\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/iowa\/tickets\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Hola Iowa 5&#215;5 copy (1)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Hola-Iowa-5x5-copy-1-e1776430527225.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"300\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Con la firma de la <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/graphics\/2025\/07\/04\/trump-big-beautiful-bill-tax-details-explained\/84461981007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One Big Beautiful Bill Act<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, el presupuesto federal recort\u00f3 miles de millones de d\u00f3lares en gasto de Medicaid para los pr\u00f3ximos 10 a\u00f1os, lo que dejar\u00eda a millones de personas sin cobertura de Medicaid, seg\u00fan <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizen.org\/article\/big-ugly-threat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Public Citizen<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Todos los representantes y senadores federales de Iowa votaron a favor de la Big Beautiful Bill Act.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los recortes al gasto tambi\u00e9n ponen a 446 hospitales en riesgo de cerrar o reducir servicios, seg\u00fan la organizaci\u00f3n de defensa del consumidor. De esos hospitales, 176 est\u00e1n en zonas rurales.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Entre los hospitales que el reporte se\u00f1al\u00f3 en riesgo de cierre, tres est\u00e1n ubicados en Iowa.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"holaa-1292154621\" class=\"holaa-ad-inside-articles\" style=\"margin-top: 1px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/yourlifeiowa.org\/locations?&#038;utm_campaign=FY2026_OD2A_MOUD&#038;utm_content=Recovery_is_Possible&#038;utm_medium=banner&#038;utm_source=iowa_newspaper_association\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"287-10024_MOUD_300BannersF_es-US_LaRecuperacion_01\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/287-10024_MOUD_300BannersF_es-US_LaRecuperacion_01.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Son los siguientes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ottumwa Regional Health Center<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CHI Health Mercy \u2013 Council Bluffs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00bfC\u00f3mo determin\u00f3 Public Citizen qu\u00e9 hospitales est\u00e1n en riesgo de cerrar?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los recortes federales al gasto afectar\u00edan a familias de bajos ingresos y personas con discapacidades que dependen de la cobertura de Medicaid, seg\u00fan el reporte. Algunos hospitales incluso podr\u00edan haberse visto obligados a despedir trabajadores debido a los recortes.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"holaa-890165517\" class=\"holaa-content\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ascentra.org\/learn\/events\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"MM26-HolaAmericaDigital-ES-728&#215;90\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MM26-HolaAmericaDigital-ES-728x90-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MM26-HolaAmericaDigital-ES-728x90-1.jpg 1456w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MM26-HolaAmericaDigital-ES-728x90-1-300x37.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MM26-HolaAmericaDigital-ES-728x90-1-1024x127.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MM26-HolaAmericaDigital-ES-728x90-1-768x95.jpg 768w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MM26-HolaAmericaDigital-ES-728x90-1-696x86.jpg 696w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MM26-HolaAmericaDigital-ES-728x90-1-1068x132.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El reporte consider\u00f3 en riesgo a los hospitales que cumpl\u00edan con estos dos criterios:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Que Medicaid, SCHIP y los programas gubernamentales para personas de bajos ingresos representaran 20 por ciento o m\u00e1s de la composici\u00f3n de pagadores del hospital, en promedio, de 2022 a 2024.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Que el hospital tuviera m\u00e1rgenes netos negativos, en promedio, de 2022 a 2024.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MercyOne anunci\u00f3 despidos y cierres tras la firma de la Big Beautiful Bill<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aproximadamente seis meses despu\u00e9s de que el presidente Donald Trump firmara la Big Beautiful Bill, MercyOne anunci\u00f3 67 despidos en enero mientras subcontrataba algunos servicios. Ese mismo mes, tambi\u00e9n <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/health\/2026\/01\/15\/mercyone-ottumwa-clinic-will-close\/88183994007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cerr\u00f3 una cl\u00ednica de medicina familiar en Ottumwa<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"holaa-2119750880\" class=\"holaa-content_2\" style=\"margin-top: 1px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/yourlifeiowa.org\/locations?&#038;utm_campaign=FY2026_OD2A_MOUD&#038;utm_content=Recovery_is_Possible&#038;utm_medium=banner&#038;utm_source=iowa_newspaper_association\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"287-10024_MOUD_300BannersF_es-US_LaRecuperacion_01\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/287-10024_MOUD_300BannersF_es-US_LaRecuperacion_01.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seg\u00fan la compa\u00f1\u00eda, los recortes de personal ocurrieron mientras enfrentaba una reducci\u00f3n de $1.5 mil millones en fondos federales recientes y pr\u00f3ximos, adem\u00e1s de reducciones en cobertura, pagos y acceso a Medicaid y Medicare.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aproximadamente tres meses despu\u00e9s, MercyOne anunci\u00f3 que <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/health\/2026\/04\/29\/mercyone-south-des-moines-closing\/89861271007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cerrar\u00eda una cl\u00ednica de medicina familiar y un centro de atenci\u00f3n urgente<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> en el sur de Des Moines.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"holaa-923654504\" class=\"holaa-post-content\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/yourlifeiowa.org\/learn\/drugs\/prescription-drugs-are-still-drugs?&#038;utm_campaign=FY2026_SPFRx_PrescriptionDrugs&#038;utm_content=Los_Medicmentos&#038;utm_medium=display&#038;utm_source=INA%20Spanish\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"287-10562_SPFRx_PrescriptionDrugs_PushBottle_StaticBanner_Spanish_v1_Los Medicmentos_300x250\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/287-10562_SPFRx_PrescriptionDrugs_PushBottle_StaticBanner_Spanish_v1_Los-Medicmentos_300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La compa\u00f1\u00eda cit\u00f3 la escasez de personal y los reembolsos federales que solo cubren una parte del costo de la atenci\u00f3n entre las razones para cerrar la ubicaci\u00f3n en Southwest Ninth Street.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UnityPoint tambi\u00e9n anunci\u00f3 despidos<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UnityPoint Health, con sede en West Des Moines, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/money\/business\/2026\/04\/15\/unitypoint-layoffs-des-moines-outsourcing\/89604998007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">anunci\u00f3 en abril<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> que recortar\u00eda m\u00e1s de 200 empleos al subcontratar puestos de tecnolog\u00eda de la informaci\u00f3n y de ingresos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cComo muchos sistemas de salud en todo el pa\u00eds, atravesamos un periodo de presi\u00f3n financiera sostenida que nos obliga a tomar decisiones dif\u00edciles pero necesarias\u201d, dijo en ese momento Scott Kizer, presidente y CEO de UnityPoint Health.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Una subvenci\u00f3n federal busca ampliar la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica rural en Iowa<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La One Big Beautiful Bill Act tambi\u00e9n cre\u00f3 el Rural Health Transformation Program, una iniciativa de cinco a\u00f1os y $50 mil millones dise\u00f1ada para compensar algunas p\u00e9rdidas derivadas de los recortes a Medicaid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iowa recibi\u00f3 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/12\/30\/209m-grant-expand-improve-rural-health-care\/87950798007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$209 millones del programa en diciembre de 2025<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> y espera recibir hasta $1,000 millones durante cinco a\u00f1os.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El programa de Iowa, llamado <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hhs.iowa.gov\/initiatives\/healthy-hometowns-iowas-rural-health-transformation-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Healthy Hometowns<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, buscar\u00e1 ampliar el acceso a la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica rural; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/health\/2025\/10\/07\/iowas-cancer-rate-is-second-in-the-u-s-what-does-that-mean\/86369793007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mejorar la prevenci\u00f3n, el tratamiento y los resultados del c\u00e1ncer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; y aumentar el acceso a la telesalud, entre otros esfuerzos.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Mantente al tanto de las historias que importan \u2014 visita <\/b><a 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