Sanders points to Nebraska medical center closure after GOP bill passes: 'Dark day for rural America'

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said the Thursday passage of the GOP's spending bill symbolizes a "dark day for rural America," citing cuts to federal funding for medical centers and hospitals in rural and more remote areas.

“While Republicans celebrate the passage of the largest Medicaid cut in history, the Curtis Medical Center in Nebraska announced it will shut down as a result of these horrific cuts — the first of many hospitals to close,” Sanders wrote in a Thursday statement on the social platform X.