Rural health care faces ‘death spiral’ from GOP Medicaid cuts

Mariannette Miller-Meeks Voted to Gut Medicaid. Now, She’s Trying to Cover Her Tracks. [Rolling Stone]

“Three House members authored a resolution recognizing the health care program’s anniversary. They all voted to take it away from thousands of their constituents”  Last month, Mariannette Miller-Meeks cast a key vote for the Big, Ugly Law that guts Medicaid, rips away health care from Iowans, and raises their costs – all to give tax cuts to billionaires. Now, Miller-Meeks is trying to cover her tracks through a phony, meaningless resolution on …

Rural health care faces ‘death spiral’ from GOP Medicaid cuts

A doctor from Tomah talks to Pete Buttigieg’s online audiences about cuts in services and longer travel times for life-or-death care. Rural health care involves much more than Medicaid recipients, and the cuts coming to the program are going to have ripple effects that do serious damage in small communities, according to a family practice physician from Tomah speaking to former US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. As part of an ongoing se…