A few months ago, I had planned to do a series of posts talking about how this administration was hurting healthcare, specifically children. But it seemed like every other day – no, every other hour – there was another ridiculous policy or proposal. I had to step away from the news to spare my own sanity.
But there is one thing I can’t afford to step away from. None of us can.
Medicaid.
Every organization I am associated with is talking about how to mitigate planned cuts to Medicaid. It would be catastrophically damaging to implement most of what is in the latest House bill, including some pretty steep impacts to state budgets, since cuts to federal funding will have to be made up as much as possible by the states. But today, I am not going to talk about impacts. Lots of people are doing that, and you can find the whole story with a quick Google or AI search (Just make sure you check that the source of your information is legit).
Instead, I want to talk about the program itself.
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