Harborview has not announced specific program cuts, but affects could resemble the COVID-19 pandemic with high demand for doctors.
SEATTLE — The head of Harborview Medical Center says sweeping federal cuts to Medicaid will ripple far beyond low-income patients, threatening care access for communities across Washington and forcing public hospitals to absorb potentially record-breaking levels of uncompensated care.
Harborview CEO Sommer Kleweno Walley said the changes, signed into law under President Trump’s recently passed “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act,” could result in more than $365 million in lost federal funding for Harborview, part of UW Medicine. The bill includes new work requirements for Medicaid recipients and
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