New Mexico governor says potential GOP cuts to Medicaid would ‘destroy health care as we know it’
- The governor of New Mexico cautioned on May 11, 2025, that proposed Medicaid reductions by Republicans would have a devastating impact on healthcare across the United States.
- The warning followed House Republicans’ plan to cut $880 billion to fund $1.5 trillion in tax breaks favoring wealthy Americans over the next decade.
- The GOP proposal would reduce Medicaid eligibility via work requirements, impacting millions of low-income Americans, including children and disabled people.
- Governor Lujan Grisham said, “People will die” if Medicaid is cut, stressing that losses in community support and nursing home staffing will follow.
- Her statement underscores concerns about long-term health consequences, as many rely on Medicaid for essential care and the debate continues in Congress.
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Agent Orange took his health—medicaid gave him dignity
Susan Anderson’s husband was a Vietnam veteran who was exposed to Agent Orange. When he got sick, Medicaid helped cover the care they couldn’t afford. Now, with Republicans targeting Medicaid for cuts, she’s urging lawmakers like US Rep. Tom Barrett not to forget families like hers. The post Agent Orange took his health—medicaid gave him dignity first appeared on The Gander.
NM Governor Warns Children Will Die Thanks To GOP Medicaid Cuts
New Mexico's Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham warned Face The Nation viewers that if Republicans cut Medicaid benefits from the states to help millionaires the results will be catastrophic. Gov. Grisham explained the aftershocks to the House budget blueprints not only in the immediate near term, but also how it will have decades long implications to the health and well being of the public. GRISHAM: No state can take this kind of cost shifting. A…
New Mexico governor says potential GOP cuts to Medicaid would ‘destroy health care as we know it’
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) on Sunday blasted Republican efforts to reduce Medicaid funding, saying potential cuts would “destroy health care as we know it.” “This is very simply an effort to destroy health care as we know it, to rip it away from everyday Americans, make it more costly for everybody else,”…
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