WisDems: Two Parents Put a Face on the Impact of Potential Medicaid Cuts

WisDems: Two parents put a face on the impact of potential Medicaid cuts

MADISON, Wis. — New reporting from the Wisconsin Examiner highlighted some of the Wisconsin families who will be hurt the most by Republican-led cuts to Medicaid and SNAP benefits. Today, Derrick Van Orden cast the deciding vote to decimate these programs, of which over 150,000...

Two parents put a face on the impact of potential Medicaid cuts

From left, parents Jessica Seawright and Brooke Wampole talk with Sen. Tammy Baldwin about their concerns over the impact of Medicaid cuts on families with children such as theirs who have disabilities. (Screenshot/Zoom)As members of Congress continue to debate the Republican budget reconciliation bill that includes hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, Jessica Seawright ponders what that could mean for her young son. Seawright is…

Medicaid in Wisconsin: Two parents put a face on the impact of potential cuts

As members of Congress continue to debate the Republican budget reconciliation bill that includes hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, Jessica Seawright ponders what that could mean for her young son. This story also appeared in Wisconsin Examiner Seawright is a social worker in Southeast Wisconsin. She’s also the mother of a 9-year-old boy with complex medical needs resulting from a genetic condition.She a…