CLAXTON, Ga. (WSAV) -- Evans Memorial Hospital serves rural Evans, Tattnall and other surrounding counties, but its budget and services could be limited soon, according to hospital staff.

CEO Bill Lee told News 3 they are preparing for the potential future impacts of Medicaid cuts from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Several other rural hospitals are doing the same. St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia, Georgia, for example, is ending services for delivering mothers and newborn babies due to Medicaid cuts in Trump’s budget law, according to a press release.

Lee said no drastic measures are being taken at this time, but they are looking at their options. For example, $3.3 million dollars could be cut from the hospital's budget.

"Access is priority, so what can we do to ensure that

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