US EditionMedicaid cuts would rock Mass. health care, advocates warn
- U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen stated that Medicaid cuts could raise insurance rates and threaten rural hospitals, affecting over 1 million Coloradans relying on the program.
- House Democrats reported that 34% of Colorado children and 62% of seniors in nursing homes depend on Medicaid for health coverage.
- Jeff Tieman from the Colorado Hospital Association warned that cuts could lead to rural hospital closures, impacting vulnerable populations.
- Quinn Harris, an 11-year-old cancer patient, emphasized Medicaid's role in her treatment, stating it alleviates financial stress for families like hers.
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Minnesota Reformer
Grand Rapids Herald-ReviewHealth care leaders say Medicaid cuts would further strain state hospitals and clinics
Joel Williams, who has been patient at Hennepin Healthcare for 11 years, speaks to media, lawmakers and health care leaders at a press conference in Minneapolis on March 20, 2025. Williams relies on Medicare and Medicaid to pay for his heath care and group home. "Today we're speaking out because we have to speak for the people who don't have a voice," Williams said. Photo by Madison McVan/Minnesota Reformer.Leaders of Hennepin Healthcare, who ov…
Medicaid Cuts Would Decimate Native American Health Programs
As Congress mulls potentially massive cuts to federal Medicaid funding, health centers that serve Native American communities, such as the Oneida Community Health Center near Green Bay, Wisconsin, are bracing for catastrophe. That’s because more than 40% of the about 15,000 patients the center serves are enrolled in Medicaid. Cuts to the program would be detrimental to those patients and the… Source
Denver Gazette
Colorado Springs GazetteColorado Democrat Brittany Pettersen sounds alarm over potential Medicaid cuts
U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen warned Tuesday that looming cuts to Medicaid will have a domino effect across the health care system beyond the 1 million Coloradans who rely on the federal program, including raising insurance rates and potentially forcing rural…
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