Medicaid Cuts Could Affect Tucsonan with Disabilities

Medicaid cuts could affect Tucsonan with disabilities

With the Big Beautiful Bill Act heading to President Trumps desk, many people on Medicaid are worried about what this means for their healthcare, including 23-year-old Garrett Newell.Newell is from Tucson and has cerebral palsy.He says Medicaid helps pay for his surgeries and healthcare, and cuts would impact him tremendously.This bill is equivalent to dropping an atomic bomb on a city. It directly affects everyone," Newell said.Newell has been …

Fear in the disability community as budget passes with Medicaid cuts

Mary Coons, a native of Seward, is worried cuts to Medicaid in the budget bill will affect her brother's care. Stephen better known as "Duecer" was paralyzed from the neck down after he was randomly attacked my a stranger at the age of 19. Mary: "He depends on Medicaid for his care. You know, this bill is going to kick between 30,000 and 50,000 Nebraskans off of Medicaid. And these are our friends. These are disabled individuals that need this m…

NAC Urges Senate to Reject House Budget Reconciliation Package That Undermines Medicaid and the Care Infrastructure | The National Alliance for Caregiving

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Providers Condemn Reconciliation Bill’s Medicaid Cuts, Urge Lawmakers to Reject Ahead of Final House Vote - 340B Report

Hospital and health care provider advocates this week once again urged federal lawmakers to reject a controversial GOP-backed reconciliation plan [...] The post Providers Condemn Reconciliation Bill’s Medicaid Cuts, Urge Lawmakers to Reject Ahead of Final House Vote appeared first on 340B Report.