Three Long Island hospitals, including Nassau County Medical Center, are among 45 in the state and 446 throughout the country that are at risk of either reducing services or being forced to close due to federal Medicaid cuts, according to a study from Public Citizen, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization that focuses on public interest, corporate accountability and democracy.
Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow was the lone hospital in the county listed as vulnerable as part of the report, while Stony Brook University Hospital and Mercy Medical Center were the two other hospitals listed on Long Island. The three institutions were identified as being among the hospitals most in jeopardy from what the Congressional Budget Office says will be a $911 billion cut in spending on Medicaid and lower-cost health insurance for children over the next 10 years after the One Big Beautiful Bill Act was passed in July 2025.
