A significant amount of funding is currently unavailable to hospitals. This shortage is expected to result in substantial daily losses. Lawmakers have expressed concern that rural clinics may need to reduce services due to the funding holdup.

A program that helps cover the cost of caring for millions of people is affected by the frozen funds. Further information about this situation can be found through KGNS. The holdup is attributed to a disagreement between the state and the federal government.

Daily losses are expected to be in the millions.