Health care advocates form coalition urging Republicans to take their ‘Hands Off Medicaid’

More than 100 patients and employees of community organizations in Washington, DC joined the DC Primary Care Association (DCPCA) in a demonstration in front of the city council building to advocate against effective federal cuts to Medicaid, the government’s low-income health insurance. Participants used dozens of necklaces to symbolize the 184,000 patients who benefit from Medicaid each year in the District of Columbia and shared moving testimo…

Health care advocates form coalition urging Republicans to take their ‘Hands Off Medicaid’

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. Medicaid is a federal-state health care program for low-income people. A U.S. House-approved budget reconciliation bill would reduce the program by $625 billion over 10 years under an estimate by the Congressional Budget Office. Shelley Ten Napel, CEO of the Co…