Medicaid cuts may disproportionately affect Black, Latino doctors and their patients • Michigan Advance

Medicaid cuts may disproportionately affect Black, Latino doctors and their patients • Michigan Advance

Members of the National Medical Association, which represents Black physicians, pose for a photo after a visit to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Black and Latino family physicians, who are more likely to see Medicaid patients than their white and Asian counterparts, say proposed Medicaid cuts would disproportionately affect communities they serve. (Courtesy of National Medical Association)Los Angeles pediatrician and urgent care specialist…

Why Medicaid is failing Black children despite record spending

I’ve been listening to Viola Davis’s memoir, Finding Me, and it’s been sitting heavy on my mind. She vividly describes how being both Black and poor isn’t just a struggle—it’s a one-two punch that shaped every aspect of her life. It’s not just about lacking resources; it’s about being trapped in a system that was Read more… Why Medicaid is failing Black children despite record spending originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

Dozens rally against Medicaid cuts in Clovis

A pro-Medicaid rally Thursday organized by Central Valley disability rights activists and caregivers culminated in a roughly 20-minute conversation between a handful of protesters and workers outside U.S. Rep. Vince Fong’s field office in Clovis.Disability Voices United, a statewide nonprofit, organized the rally in Clovis on Thursday, part of a week of demonstrations up and down the state from Palm Desert to Chico.The activists targeted Fong an…