These reductions will create real challenges for all health systems, including ours,” said Mary Mannix, President and CEO of Augusta Health.

Thousands rally nationwide to honor John Lewis and protest civil rights rollbacks on the fifth anniversary of his death. This live blog is now closed.

Titled "Good Trouble Lives On," organizers said the rallies will take place all over the country on National John Lewis Day of Action. According to organizers, the rallies are also in honor of the legacy of the late Congressman, who often called on his supporters to make "good trouble, necessary trouble."

The Good Trouble Lives On protests on July 17 follow similar protests across the U.S., dubbed No Kings, in June.

"It's vastly greater than what we had anticipated," an organizer said about an event to honor former Representative John Lewis.

It is the latest in coordinated protests against the policies of the Trump administration

The late Civil Rights activist John Lewis used the term "good trouble" to define peaceful and nonviolent methods to denounce injustice.