Cabinet secretary Kate Walsh warns of 'enormous' Medicaid cuts
- Health and Human Services Secretary Kate Walsh spoke on Monday about potential Medicaid cuts.
- Federal spending reductions are being pursued, placing Medicaid in the crosshairs.
- Massachusetts faces a $38 million budget shortfall for the coming fiscal year.
- Walsh stated, "We will be cutting" programs due to the Medicaid program facing enormous cuts.
- Cuts will force difficult choices, as the state must deliver services at a lower cost.
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If you watch one thing today, make it this. 😡 At the “Hands Off” rally Saturday in Charlotte, Becca Smoot, a local real estate agent, talked about how Medicaid has kept her family afloat after her daughter Ella’s premature birth. Medicaid is one of a number of federally-funded programs that President Trump and his advisor, Elon Musk, are targeting for deep cuts. Thousands of people across North Carolina—and millions of people across the nation—…
Cabinet secretary warns of "enormous" Medicaid cuts
BOSTON (SHNS) - Having spent her roughly 100-mile drive listening to the national news Monday morning and then hearing her colleagues at a budget hearing dig into the policy and finance specifics of crucial state programs, Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa got a sinking feeling. "I feel like we're trying to budget on quicksand at the moment," the Northampton Democrat said as she and the rest of the Joint Ways and Means Committee gathered to review Gov. Maur…
Letter: Consider the dire consequences those with disabilities would suffer if cuts to Medicaid become reality - Manchester Ink Link
Reductions in federal funding of Medicaid will force NH to have to make difficult choices. It could mean cuts to crucial Medicaid programs like the Katie Beckett option and most likely will increase restrictions on eligibility, increase service limitations, increase and normalize institutionalization, increase waitlist time for waiver services, and more.


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Medicaid has become a central point of a heated political battle, as Republican lawmakers push for deep cuts to help fund tax reductions. President Donald Trump and GOP leaders aim to slash Medicaid spending by $880 billion over the next decade, trimming roughly 10% of the program’s budget. However, the consequences could be severe as Medicaid provides health coverage for roughly 83 million low-income Americans, including seniors and people with…
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