FACT: Medicaid covers nearly half of all childbirths in the country, and around two-thirds of nursing home stays.
FACT: Roughly 1/5 of America relies on Medicare or Medicaid to cover healthcare costs.
FACT: GOP members just passed a bill requiring DEEP cuts to these programs. #SaveMedicaid
FACT: Roughly 1/5 of America relies on Medicare or Medicaid to cover healthcare costs.
FACT: GOP members just passed a bill requiring DEEP cuts to these programs. #SaveMedicaid
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If you remove state assistance, who gets the "job" if you're unable to afford private care?
It might not be the primary intention, but it seems like a handy secondary one.
... Those programs support the hospitals' bottom lines.
We're about to see a lot of hospitals shutting down or even more insane pricing... Especially rural IMO.
https://bsky.app/profile/watchyourrepssc.bsky.social/post/3lkoqfrswb22q
Yet another important part: there are towns who will be economically (and emotionally) DEVASTATED by the loss of their hospitals.