Duckworth Warns Medicaid Cuts Will Impact 60,000 People in Peoria County

Duckworth warns Medicaid cuts will impact 60,000 people in Peoria County

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) -- The Senate budget bill would kick 60,000 people in Peoria County off Medicaid, Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) said at a Thursday press conference with local health care advocates and Medicaid recipients about the consequences of Medicaid cuts. The Senate's version of the budget bill, released Monday, includes even deeper cuts to Medicaid than the House bill. It imposes stiffer work requirements, while the House version prov…

Medicaid cuts will ‘devastate’ millions, advocates say

“People will die.” That’s how Nancy Hagans, the president of National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses in the U.S., summed up the impact of the Trump administration’s massive proposed cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The cuts, a part of President Donald Trump’s budget proposal bill, would lead an estimated 16 million people to lose health insurance by 2034, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO…

Study Projects Medicaid Cuts Would Lead To Major Insurance Loss, Increase In Deaths – RamaOnHealthcare

A new study published Tuesday by researchers from Harvard Medical School and Hunter College projects that the proposed House budget bill would increase