Democrats Say MaineCare Would Be Impacted by Federal Medicaid Cuts

Maine Democrats warn of MaineCare losses as House rejects Trump’s tax bill

House Republicans and Democrats vote against Trump's tax bill, which cuts $880 billion from Medicaid. The bill will be reworked; Democrats fear MaineCare impact.

Providers warn major Medicaid cuts would strip thousands of rural Mainers of family planning care • Maine Morning Star

Planned Parenthood's office on Congress Street in Portland, Maine. (Photo by Maine Morning Star)Maine’s reproductive health providers are raising alarm about the thousands of patients that would be left without care if a proposal to cut off Medicaid funding from family planning providers comes to pass. Federal fallout As federal funding and systems dwindle, states are left to decide how and whether to make up the difference. Read the late…

Democrats say MaineCare would be impacted by federal Medicaid cuts

Democrats continue to sound the alarm about the potential impacts of the proposed Medicaid cuts on MaineCare.

Report: 366K+ Rhode Islanders would be impacted by proposed Medicaid cuts

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Protect Our Healthcare RI, a coalition of consumer and nonprofit organizations, unveiled a new factbook report Friday that stresses the importance of federal and state Medicaid spending. The "Medicaid Matters for Rhode Island" factbook also highlights the significant impact that President Donald Trump's proposed spending cuts would have on the state's health care system. RELATED: GOP lawmakers block Trump's big tax…

Democrats Fearmonger About Medicaid Cuts While Battling To Keep A Million Illegals Enrolled

WASHINGTON—About 1.4 million illegal immigrants are enrolled in Medicaid, something House Republicans hope to change.To the White House, this is a clear instance of lawmakers eliminating fraud and saving taxpayers’ money. But to Democrats, it’s the worst of all possible things: Republican attempts to cut Medicaid.A provision in the budget reconciliation currently being debated on Capitol Hill would block anyone from receiving Medicaid if they ca…

Medicaid cuts threaten California’s in-home caregivers

This article was produced by Capital & Main. It is published here with permission.For Maria Paredez, the slashing of Medicaid funding is no political football, or some abstract argument emanating from Republicans in Congress about the size of government. It hits her where she lives: a small house in a small town in Tulare County, where she struggles to get from one month to the next.Paredez is not a victim, though — she’s an employee. She has fo…