Collins ‘concerned’ budget language could lead to Medicaid cuts

MaineCare saved my life. We can’t let it be cut back.

Funding issues persist at both the state and federal levels. Many people will suffer if they are not addressed.

Susan Collins worried that Republican budget could cut Medicaid

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and several other Republican senators are worried that language in a budget resolution facing upcoming votes may require cuts to Medicaid. The Senate started Thursday to discuss but not yet vote on the budget resolution that features House Republican language calling for the committee overseeing Medicaid to “reduce the deficit” by at least $880 billion by 2034.  While the language does not specifically call for cuts to th…

Sen. Collins ‘Concerned’ About Medicaid Cuts

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, told reporters Thursday that she’s “concerned” that the Medicaid could face cuts under the Senate budget resolution currently being considered by legislators. Collins cited language in the bill that instructs the House Committee on Energy and Commerce to “reduce the deficit by not less than $880 billion” between 2025 and 2034. “I’m concerned about the instruction to the House Committee for $880 billion, it’s the Ener…

Sen. Collins 'Concerned' About Medicaid Cuts

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, told reporters Thursday that she's concerned that the Medicaid could face cuts under the Senate budget resolution currently being considered by legislators.

Collins ‘concerned’ budget language could lead to Medicaid cuts

I’m chronically ill, but can hold a job at Sheetz thanks to Medicaid. Cuts would put me at risk.

Beaver resident Carly Morton writes about how she relies on Medicaid to survive and work, and highlights the potentially devastating consequences of Republicans’ proposed cuts to Medicaid. I was unable to eat for years. I received nutrition that kept me alive through tubes. After two septic infections and years of fighting for the health care I needed, I was able to receive a surgery that made it possible for me to eat again. But that’s not wher…