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Cutting Medicaid would force even more hospitals to close

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Medicaid isn’t only beneficial for the low-income Americans who rely on it.

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More than 5M could lose Medicaid coverage if feds impose work requirements

Workers fill food orders at a restaurant in San Rafael, Calif. Republicans looking to cut federal spending on Medicaid are eyeing work requirements as one possible option. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Under an emerging Republican plan to require some Medicaid recipients to work, between 4.6 million and 5.2 million adults ages 19 to 55 could lose their health care coverage, according to a new analysis. The study, conducted by Urban Institute res…

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Cutting Medicaid would force even more hospitals to close

Medicaid isn’t only beneficial for the low-income Americans who rely on it.

4 days ago·Washington, United States

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New Pittsburgh Courier

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Cut Medicaid? There’s no option that wouldn’t cause pain, says Pitt health researcher.

Marian Jarlenski, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Public Health, on March 27 at the Café Carnegie in Oakland. (Photo by Anastasia Busby/PublicSource) Marian Jarlenski researches health equity at Pitt, and sees no way to slash Medicaid spending without hurting the health care access of children, pregnant people, low-income workers and people with disabilities. “PublicSource is an independent nonprofit newsroom serving the…

4 days ago·Pittsburgh, United States

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Santa Cruz Local

Thousands of Santa Cruz County residents could lose health care with Medicaid cuts

Dr. Carmin Powell talks about threats to health care at a March 28 town hall meeting at Cabrillo College. (Tyler Maldonado — Santa Cruz Local) APTOS >> Federal lawmakers have proposed $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid over the next decade, which could leave many of Santa Cruz County’s 85,000 Medi-Cal recipients without health insurance, health care leaders said at a town hall meeting at Cabrillo College on Friday. The proposed cuts aim to reduce …

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oakpark.com

Medicaid cuts causes concern for Infant Welfare Society

Uncertainty around restructuring of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and announced cuts in late March to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are creating concerns locally, especially for the nonprofit Oak Park and River Forest Infant Welfare Society. According to John McIlwain, the organization’s executive director, any Medicaid cuts would likely have a deep impact for the IWS Children’s Clinic, which has provided medi…

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