83 CA Hospitals Could Face Closure After Federal Medicaid Cuts, New Report Shows

Eighty-three hospitals in California are among 446 across 44 states and Washington, D.C., facing a heightened risk of closing, cutting services or laying off workers due to federal medicaid funding cuts, according to a new report.

The cuts to Medicaid were included in the "One Big Beautiful Bill" signed by President Donald Trump on July 4, 2025.

The report by Public Citizen, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization, says the law will cut $911 billion in federal spending on Medicaid and CHIP over 10 years, according to estimates from the Congressional Budget Office.

Currently, California provides Medicaid coverage to eligible adults and children through Medi-Cal, the state's public health insurance program. The state also uses Medi-Cal to support behavioral health services for children, teens and young adults under 21, connecting those with mental health needs to care through county-based systems and managed care providers.

New federal Medicaid requirements, set to take effect next year, could cause as many as 1.4 million Californians to lose coverage in the first year of implementation and up to 3.4 million over the next 10 years, according to a report by CalMatters.

Hospitals At Risk

California has the highest number of at-risk hospitals, according to a report by Public Citizen. Public Citizen identified these 83 hospitals at a higher risk of closing, cutting services, or laying off workers:

• PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles
• Coalinga Regional Medical Center, Coalinga
• Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital, Los Angeles
• Pioneers Memorial Hospital, Brawley
• Mad River Community Hospital, Arcata
• Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, Los Angeles
• Sierra View Medical Center, Porterville
• El Centro Regional Medical Center, El Centro
• Adventist Health Bakersfield, Bakersfield
• East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital, Los Angeles
• Saint Agnes Medical Center, Fresno
• St. Joseph Hospital - Eureka, Eureka
• Delano Regional Medical Center, Delano
• Adventist Health Tulare, Tulare
• St. Bernardine Medical Center, San Bernardino
• Valley Presbyterian Hospital, Van Nuys
• Greater El Monte Community Hospital, South El Monte
• Dameron Hospital, Stockton
• Mark Twain Medical Center, San Andreas
• St. Mary Medical Center, Long Beach
• Kaweah Delta Medical Center, Visalia
• Saint Francis Memorial Hospital, San Francisco
• Adventist Health and Rideout, Marysville
• Glendale Memorial Hospital & Health Center, Glendale
• Southern Inyo Hospital, Lone Pine
• Palmdale Regional Medical Center, Palmdale
• L.A. Downtown Medical Center, Los Angeles
• Redwood Memorial Hospital, Fortuna
• San Gorgonio Memorial, Banning
• Pacifica Hospital of the Valley, Sun Valley
• Garfield Medical Center, Monterey Park
• Glenn Medical Center, Willows
• Menifee Valley Medical Center, Sun City
• Shasta Regional Medical Center, Redding
• Anaheim Global Medical Center, Anaheim
• Adventist Health Glendale, Glendale
• UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento
• Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro, San Pedro
• Methodist Hospital of Sacramento, Sacramento
• Garden Grove Hospital Medical Center, Garden Grove
• San Gabriel Valley Medical Center, San Gabriel
• Zuckerberg San Francisco General, San Francisco
• Ridgecrest Regional Hospital, Ridgecrest
• Providence St. Joseph Medical Center, Burbank
• Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, Mission Hills
• Anaheim Regional Medical Center, Anaheim
• Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego
• Watsonville Community Hospital, Watsonville
• Banner Lassen Medical Center, Susanville
• Coast Plaza Hospital, Norwalk
• Adventist Health Lodi Memorial, Lodi
• Adventist Health Mendocino Coast, Fort Bragg
• Sutter Solano Medical Center, Vallejo
• Laguna Honda Hospital, San Francisco
• CPMC - Mission Bernal Campus, San Francisco
• Alta Bates Medical Center, Berkeley
• Huntington Beach Hospital, Huntington Beach
• Biggs-Gridley Memorial Hospital, Gridley
• Loma Linda University Health - Murrieta, Murrieta
• Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, Chula Vista
• Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center, Tarzana
• Ventura County Medical Center, Ventura
• Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance, Torrance
• Emanate Health Medical Center, Covina
• Northern Inyo Hospital, Bishop
• South Coast Global Medical Center, Santa Ana
• Orange County Global Medical Center, Santa Ana
• UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco
• Chapman Global Medical Center, Orange
• Sutter Delta Medical Center, Antioch
• Encino Hospital, Encino
• St. Joseph Hospital of Orange, Orange
• St. Johns Regional Medical Center, Oxnard
• San Dimas Community Hospital, San Dimas
• Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, Santa Rosa
• St. Rose Hospital, Hayward
• Queen of the Valley Medical Center, Napa
• Regional Medical Center of San Jose, San Jose
• La Palma Intercommunity Hospital, La Palma
• Tri-City Medical Center, Oceanside
• Healdsburg Hospital, Healdsburg
• Petaluma Valley Hospital, Petaluma
• Stanislaus Surgical, Modesto

Communities served by the at-risk hospitals have larger shares of Black and Hispanic residents and people living below the poverty line than communities served by other hospitals, according to the report.

The report found that those hospital service areas were 20.2% Hispanic and 13.3% Black on average, compared with 13.0% Hispanic and 8.9% Black for other hospitals. Nearly 20% of the at-risk hospitals, or 85 facilities, serve high-poverty areas, according to the report.

California Closures, Cuts

California hospitals are facing severe financial strain, with rural facilities particularly at risk of closures and cuts.

Glenn Medical Center, located in the rural city of Willows, closed its emergency room in October 2025 after losing the necessary federal status to remain funded.

In February, a new federal law restored the "critical access" designation for the center, the only hospital in Glenn County. However, the center said it needs $40 million to $50 million to restart operations and bring back staff, according to a report by CalMatters.

Addressing Medicaid Cuts

At the federal level, Congress added a $50 billion Rural Health Fund to the law to "stabilize and strengthen rural hospitals and providers," according to the report. But the analysis says there is uncertainty about whether that funding will be sufficient to prevent hospital closures or reductions in services.

— With reporting by Caren Lissner