Protect Our Care WI: Implores Congress: Don’t sell out dids and families by slashing Medicaid to give tax breaks to the rich

Protect Our Care WI: Implores Congress: Don’t sell out dids and families by slashing Medicaid to give tax breaks to the rich

WISCONSIN – Today, the House of Representatives will vote on their Trump-backed budget resolution, which includes slashing Medicaid funding. Republicans are plotting to cut Medicaid by at least $880 billion and up to $2 trillion in order to give tax...

Will Republicans really slash  Medicaid?

On Tuesday, House Republicans will vote on a budget measure that would fund an extension of President Donald Trump’s first-term tax cuts by taking an axe to one of America’s key entitlement programs: Medicaid.What’s Medicaid? A joint federal and state program that funds medical care for low-income people. About a quarter of Americans are enrolled directly, and two-thirds say they or their family members have benefitted from the program.What woul…

What Illinois faces if congressional Republicans slash Medicaid – Crain’s Forum

What Illinois faces if congressional Republicans slash Medicaid - Crain's Forum

HEADLINES: Republicans Hit By A Deluge of Pleas to Protect Medicaid — Protect Our Care

As members of Congress headed home over the recess, Republican lawmakers were hit by a deluge of pleas to protect Medicaid for the 72 million Americans who rely on it for health care. From California to Maine, during town halls and press conferences, constituents across the country made it clear: cuts to Medicaid are unacceptable.  Tomorrow, Republicans in the House of Representatives will vote on their budget resolution after the GOP Senate app…