Medicaid Cuts Could Impact Millions of Americans
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Proposed federal Medicaid cuts could significantly impact hundreds of Oklahomans with intellectual and developmental disabilities, according to officials at A New Leaf, a nonprofit based in Owasso.
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How Medicaid cuts in the GOP budget bill could impact maternity care and familiesMedicaid helps pay for 41% of births in the U.S., according to Kaiser Family Foundation. In rural communities, it covers nearly half. President Trump's new spending bill cuts Medicaid's federal funding and largely leaves it up to the states to decide if and how to supplement care.
According to estimates from Manatt Health, rural hospitals stand to lose $70 billion over the next decade as a result of Trump’s tax cuts and spending legislation. Put it another way: Hospitals are projected to lose 21 cents from every Medicaid dollar received.
Medicaid cuts in Trump’s tax bill will ‘devastate’ access to care in rural Pennsylvania, critics say
State officials estimate 310,000 Pennsylvanians will lose Medicaid coverage and anticipate strain at health facilities caused by federal budget cuts.
Up to 35% of the more than 150,000 people currently enrolled in Connecticut may lose their coverage by 2034, Access Health reports.
The Wilson County Help Center fears the worst is yet to come as the country prepares for cuts to Medicaid and SNAP benefits as part of the "big, beautiful bill" that President Donald Trump signed into law last week.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is downplaying concerns over Medicaid cuts from President Trump's "big, beautiful bill." Former Rep. Barbara Comstock and former Rep. Donna Edwards join Alex Witt to break down the impact of the megabill on Americans.
Officials are warning that millions of Americans could lose their insurance under changes in the law — including 330,000 people in Illinois who could be impacted by changes to Medicaid. However, Republican lawmakers say the changes are aimed at eliminating waste,