Medicaid covers 52% of medical costs of gunshot wounds in the US. What happens when it is cut?

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Gun-injury care cost U.S. hospitals $7.7 billion from 2016 to 2021, with Medicaid covering 52% of costs

- Medicaid reimbursement often falls short of treatment costs, leaving trauma centers on the front lines of the gun violence epidemic to absorb losses
- Study authors concerned Medicaid funding cuts could further strain trauma centers
- Costs stayed flat through 2019, then rose 33% from 2019 to 2021, coinciding with a rise in firearm injury during the pandemic

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025/09/safety-net-hospitals-carry-the-highest-cost-of-gun-injuries?fj=1