Our View: Medicaid Changes Will Be Disastrous

Our View: Medicaid changes will be disastrous

The GOP Congress and President Donald Trump spent very little time discussing the broader implications of the tax cut-Medicaid cut bill. As such, it did a disservice to all taxpayers in this sleight-of-hand, wool-over-the-eyes policy making.

‘From the needy to the greedy’: Dem Rep. Slams GOP Medicaid Cuts

Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-MD) joins MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart on the 60th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson signing Medicaid and Medicare into law to discuss the consequences of the Republicans’ budget bill as communities across the country brace for $1 trillion in health care cuts.

On the 60th Anniversary of Medicaid - Begich Must Explain Why He Passed the Largest Cut to Medicaid in History

On this day in 1965, Medicaid and Medicare were signed into law, two programs that have helped hundreds of thousands of Alaskans live longer, healthier lives and achieve economic security. Yet just weeks before Medicaid’s 60th anniversary, Nick Begich joined House Republicans to cut nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid, ripping away health care from millions of Americans and raising medical costs on everyone – all to fund massive tax breaks for bill…

On 60th Anniversary of Medicaid, Ohioans Deserve Answers About Republican Votes for Largest Medicaid Cut in History - Ohio Democrats

Columbus, Ohio —  Sixty years ago today, the Medicaid and Medicare Act was signed into law. However, Ohio’s entire Republican congressional delegation recently voted for the largest cut to Medicaid in history. Every Ohio Republican owns the consequences of this vote- from rural hospitals closing to families paying a premium at the doctors’ office, and will see the consequences of this disasters vote at the polls Senator Husted, Senator Moreno, a…