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The Congressional Budget Office is expected to release its analysis of 

It's not much different from the plan House Republicans passed last month, which the CBO estimated would lower the federal deficit over the next decade while also leaving millions more people uninsured.

The deepest cuts Republicans are proposing are to Medicaid, which provides health care to low-income Americans. If passed, rural hospitals would be among those hardest hit because their patients tend to be older and poorer. 

MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Rick Ash, the CEO of a rural hospital in southern Minnesota, United Hospital District in Blue Earth.

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If passed, rural hospitals would be among those hardest hit because their patients tend to be older and poorer.

The Congressional Budget Office is expected to release their analysis of Senate Republicans' healthcare plan today. It's not very different from the plan House Republicans passed last month, which the CBO estimated would lower the federal deficit over the next decade while also leaving millions of more people uninsured. The deepest cuts Republicans are proposing are to Medicaid, which provides health care to low-income Americans. If passed, rural hospitals would be among those hardest hit because their patients tend to be older and poorer.  MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Rick Ash.  He's the CEO of a rural hospital in southern Minnesota - United Hospital District in Blue Earth.

A rural hospital CEO's take on the Senate health care bill

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