EDITORIAL: Aiding Medicaid Folks Is Priority

EDITORIAL: Aiding Medicaid folks is priority

In March, the quote from President Donald Trump was blasted across social media, and linked to from WhiteHouse.gov: “I’m not going to touch Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid.” Cuts in government spending, Trump vowed, would come from eliminating fraud, and waste. But that’s not how it’s panning out, unfortunately. Late last Sunday, as House Republicans sought a path to enact a “beautiful” tax bill embodying the president’s domestic agenda, the…

Medicaid cuts sought by House Republicans deprive millions of health insurance

Medicaid cuts don't solve any problem. Instead, sick people will go to emergency rooms and elderly and disabled people will end up in nursing homes.

‘It is a fight’: Patients, OB-GYNs and sexual health advocates determined to stop Medicaid cuts • Kentucky Lantern

Members of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists meet with a member of Congress during the organization’s Congressional Leadership Conference in March. (Courtesy of ACOG)There are periods of Hannah Lord’s life when her full-time job is doctors’ appointments. Lord, 30, has seen gastroenterologists, physical therapists, psychiatrists, cardiologists and more in Maine to manage a rare connective tissue disorder that is also tied to…