Iowans, Iowa Health Care Providers Fear Miller-Meeks’ Vote to Slash Medicaid Will Close Rural Hospitals, Impact Disability Services

Iowans, Iowa Health Care Providers Fear Miller-Meeks’ Vote to Slash Medicaid Will Close Rural Hospitals, Impact Disability Services

Newton Daily News: Protestors fear proposed Medicaid cuts would close Newton hospital Last week, Mariannette Miller-Meeks abandoned Iowans when she provided the deciding vote to slash Medicaid in order to pay for tax breaks to billionaires. New reporting is now highlighting Iowans “who felt betrayed” by Miller-Meeks and the impact her vote to slash Medicaid will have on Iowa’s hospitals and health care providers, which “could now be in danger o…

Medicaid at risk: Patients, providers and the impact of proposed cuts

“My diagnosis is debilitating. When I was first diagnosed, the fatigue was so bad, it took all my energy just to eat a meal,” says Sarah J., a patient and advocate living with EFPG, a form of vasculitis. “How are people with a diagnosis like this expected to fulfill Medicaid work requirements, or complete the paperwork to secure an exemption?”  Hart Medicaid is a crucial program that provides millions of low-income individuals and people living …