‘If they cut too much, people will die’: Health coalition pushes GOP on Medicaid funding

Trump and GOP lawmakers want to slash Medicaid funding—but this mother is pushing back

There is not much Josh Lockwood-Wewer loves more than Disney. The affable 33-year-old speaks almost exclusively in the voices of his favorite characters: Mickey Mouse, the Muppets’ Kermit the Frog, and, above all, Goofy. He has watched The Lion King nearly every day since its 1994 release—well over 5,000 times, according to his mother. His family moved from Maryland to Anaheim, California, when he was in his early 20s just to be closer to Disney…

Indiana moves to replace Medicaid consulting firm after $1 billion forecasting error

Sen. Chris Garten (R-Charlestown) had been critical of consulting firm Milliman's response to the $1 billion Medicaid forecasting error, though he now says the company was limited by state contract about what it could share publicly.(Brandon Smith / IPB News) The move to replace Indiana's main Medicaid consulting firm comes after a forecasting miss in 2023 that put Indiana $1 billion off the mark for Medicaid funding. The state indicated this we…

Advocates deliver postcards to Valadao urging him to protect healthcare funding

On Friday, the Dolores Huerta Foundation and their partners were outside of Congressman David Valadao's office again, in their ongoing "Fight for Health." Dolores Huerta Foundation delivered over 800 postcards to Congressman David Valadao's office. Postcards urged Valadao to oppose proposed budget cuts to Medicaid and Medicare. The delivery took place as part of a larger advocacy effort for healthcare funding. Valadao's District Director acknowl…

Central and Eastern Washington brace for possible Medicaid cuts

In the 4th District, represented by Republican Dan Newhouse, upward of 70% of those under 19 are enrolled in government-funded insurance programs.

‘People will die’: Inside the campaign to work Republicans on Medicaid

Tina Ewing-Wilson remembers the last time major Medicaid cuts slashed her budget.In the late 2000s, during the Great Recession, the pot of money she and other Medi-Cal recipients depend on to keep them out of costly residential care homes shrank. The only way she could afford help was to offer room and board to a series of live-in caregivers who she said abused alcohol and drugs and eventually subjected her to financial abuse. She vowed to never…

‘If they cut too much, people will die’: Health coalition pushes GOP on Medicaid funding

Tina Ewing-Wilson remembers the last time major Medicaid cuts slashed her budget.