Concerns Grow Over Medicaid Funding In Coldwater Facilities

There are many medical care, rehabilitation, and therapy centers that are worried about the upcoming federal Medicaid cuts from President Donald Trump‘s Big Beautiful Bill, whose impacts we still don’t know yet.

But for county-owned facilities like Maple Lawn Medical Care and Rehabilitation Facility at 50 Sanderson Ln. in Coldwater, the potential negative impacts just makes things more stressful amid a time where 80% of their residence are on Medicaid, and they’re already facing $1.2 million in losses this year.

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As far as Maple Lawn administrator Jayne Sabaitis is concerned, she’s just worried about making it through the end of the year. As for the Medicaid cuts, she told the daily reporter that it’s somewhat out of her hands:

The state determines what they spend their Medicaid dollars on. We would have to wait for the state to see what's getting cut and what's not. We should be able to sustain ourselves until October. Based on cuts we're making and other avenues trying to bring in some additional revenue. Our census is back up, so we're hoping.

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There is one small piece of comforting news, in that Maple Lawn does expect to have increased Medicaid reimbursement in 2026. But why are they struggling now?

Why Is Maple Lawn At A $1.2 Million Deficit?

The reason that they’re at a $1.2 million deficit in 2025 is because Sabaitis knew there was a loss due to cuts in Medicaid reimbursement and that revenues from Medicaid would be decreasing by $100,000 per month due to expenditures going back to 2022 and 2023. There are many things that have contributed to their struggles, which you can read more about here.