Republicans should build a wall around the welfare state

Gov. Lujan Grisham sounds alarm on Medicaid cuts in House GOP budget plan

While President Trump insists he won't touch Medicaid, his agenda in Congress tells a very different story. The House is set to vote on a spending plan that could cut Medicaid funding by hundreds of billions of dollars to offset Trump's proposed tax cuts. New Mexico Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham joins "America Decides" to discuss how the potential cuts could impact healthcare in her state.

Reader's View: How does Stauber justify proposed cuts?

According to KFF, or Kaiser Family Foundation, Medicaid enrollment in Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District totals 162,100 people, including 35,300 adults, 13,000 seniors, 65,600 children, 16,000 Individuals with disabilities, and 32,100 covered under the Affordable Care Act. The budget resolution in the U.S. House targets Medicaid spending to help pay for a GOP-proposed tax plan. Its target cut is $880 billion over the next 10 years. I wonder …

Colorado physicians call for opposition to potential Medicare cuts

In Pitkin County, there are 1,073 people enrolled in Medicaid and another 3,410 enrolled in Medicare, according to Pitkin County Human Services. This is more than a quarter of Pitkin County’s population.  Physicians from the Committee to Protect Healthcare urged Colorado Congressional representatives during a Thursday press call to oppose any potential cuts to these social services. The call comes in response to the recent budget resolution that…

Republicans should build a wall around the welfare state

Congress is considering $880 billion in spending cuts, which could be achieved by removing all noncitizens from Medicaid and other welfare programs, which would save about $1 trillion over the next decade.

Dr. Cindy Firkins Smith: Medicaid must be protected

As a physician who worked in rural health care for more than three decades, I have witnessed firsthand the profound impact that Medicaid has on the lives of millions of Americans. This essential program serves our most vulnerable populations, providing them with access to necessary medical care, preventive services, and mental health support. Proposed cuts risk the health and well-being of those who depend on it, and we’ll all be worse off for i…

Kevin Rennie: There is $10 billion a year at stake in CT. A crucial guardrail is missing.

At a hearing last month of the Human Services Committee, a Department of Social Services Commissioner Andrea Barton Reeves revealed her unflattering opinion of the legislature. She weighed in against a sensible proposal by state Sen. Matthew Lesser, D-Middletown, to require legislative approval of the state’s head of its Medicaid program. The bill would give the legislature some authority over who runs the $10 billion annual federal and state pr…