US EditionAre You Concerned About Republicans’ Proposed Changes to Medicaid? Tell Us About It
- Congress is debating proposals to cut Medicaid funding by over $700 billion across the next decade, affecting rural communities and states nationwide.
- These cuts arise as policymakers aim to extend tax breaks and reduce federal spending, despite concerns about the impact on fragile health systems.
- Rural hospitals and clinics depend heavily on Medicaid for patient care, local jobs, and economic activity, with as many as 30% of patients in some areas relying on it.
- Experts warn that reductions could force service cuts, worsen staffing shortages, increase travel distances for care, and raise insurance premiums by nearly $2,000 annually for many.
- The cuts threaten to destabilize rural health care, potentially leading to hospital closures and reduced access for millions, while prompting calls to protect Medicaid as essential for equitable care.
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Are you concerned about Republicans’ proposed changes to Medicaid? Tell us about it
By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Congressional Republicans are considering making some big changes to Medicaid, which provides health insurance to more than 71 million low-income Americans. It could affect millions of people, from children to working-age adults to senior citizens. Are you enrolled in Medicaid and concerned about how the proposals could affect you? Tell us about it. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2025 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discov…
Slashing Medicaid funding puts Maine domestic violence survivors at risk
The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Francine Garland Stark is the executive director of the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence. If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence and would like to talk with an advocate, call 866-834-4357, TTY 1-800-437-1220. This free, confidential service …
Health care advocates form coalition urging Republicans to take their ‘Hands Off Medicaid’ • South Dakota Searchlight
Shelly Ten Napel, CEO of the Community HealthCare Association of the Dakotas, participates in a debate on Sept. 19, 2024, at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell. She is part of a new coalition opposing cuts to Medicaid. (Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight)A group of South Dakota health care advocates launched a “Hands Off Medicaid” coalition Thursday, pleading with the state’s all-Republican congressional delegation to avoid proposed cuts.…
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kiowacountypress.netLetter to the Editor: Cuts to Medicaid Threaten More Than Just Healthcare Coverage of Rural Patients
EDITOR’S NOTE: This open letter was sent to the Daily Yonder and is presented to you in its original form. We believe that the voices of organizations and professionals like the authors of this message speak most truthfully to the lived realities of rural communities in the face of big, federal legislation that spans billions of dollars and affects everything from healthcare to the economy. If you’d like to share a letter to the editor, you can …
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