Capitol protests blast GOP for cutting Medicaid to pay for tax cuts

Capitol protests blast GOP for cutting Medicaid to pay for tax cuts

WASHINGTON—Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and the Rev. William Barber, leader of the “Moral Monday” movement, staged a 12-hour sit-in on the U.S. Capitol steps Sunday surrounded by grassroots activists. They angrily denounced the MAGA Republican budget plan, introduced Monday, to slash over a trillion dollars from Medicaid, SNAP, and other vital human needs programs to lavish another huge tax cut on the rich. Continuing …

Groups protesting possible cuts to Medicaid

With the federal government threatening to cut billions of dollars in Medicaid funding, advocates gathered in Lansing Tuesday to fight for that money. Arc-Michigan Director Sherri Boyd says the looming cuts will only hurt real people. “I think it’s really important to point out that Medicaid’s a really popular program and over 70% of Michigan voters oppose cuts of Medicaid funding,” Boyd said. Boyd says any cuts to Medicaid will result in cuts t…