Over one year ago, when Trump and Republicans made the largest Medicaid cuts in history, they deliberately wrecked our health system and ripped coverage away from working families. Day by day, rural communities are being torn away from care, as expectant mothers, seniors, and people with disabilities lose the specialized services they need. And as states roll out Republicans’ mandate to implement onerous work requirements, millions of otherwise eligible Americans will lose coverage because of unnecessary red tape. These cuts affect everyone, everywhere, regardless of where they get coverage. As emergency rooms become packed with uninsured patients who are unable to pay for their care, premiums will rise for everyone else, including those with employer-based insurance.
All of this is a deliberate choice by Trump and Republicans to to throw as many Americans off their coverage as possible. Now, working families are sick of making impossible choices to hang on to their coverage. These headlines represent our neighbors, our parents, and our kids, and they deserve better than to have their health care axed to fund tax breaks for billionaires. Protect Our Care’s “Sick of It! Fix Health Care Now” is a multi-month effort channeling the frustrations of millions of working families who are sick of paying the price for Republicans’ health care cuts.
National Coverage
Pluribus News: States Begin Implementing New Medicaid Work Requirement
The American Journal of Managed Care: Least Healthy Medicaid Enrollees Face Highest Risk of Coverage Loss Under Work Requirements Expansion
Fierce Healthcare: March of Dimes: Maternity Care Deserts Persist, Medicaid Cuts Threaten to Curb Access Further
California
Capital & Main: Children Are Losing Health Coverage. Federal Cuts Will Make It Worse.
KPBS: Medicaid Cuts Stand to Hit Everyone (Yes, Even You). Here’s Why
Connecticut
Hartford Courant: CT Hospitals Expected to Lose Hundreds of Millions of Dollars Due to Medicaid Work Requirements
Indiana
Indiana Capital Chronicle: Up to 300,000 Hoosiers Could Face Medicaid Work Mandate
Kansas
KSNT: Kansas Gov. Sounds the Alarm on State Medicaid Cuts
Kentucky
WUKY: Eligible Kentuckians Could Lose Coverage Under Medicaid Changes
Michigan
WSJM: New Medicaid Requirements Could Create Difficulties for Some MI Foster Families
Michigan Public: Michigan Advocates Speak Out Against “Devastating” Federal Healthcare Funding Cuts
Missouri
Missouri Independent: Missouri Must Fix Medicaid’s Paperwork Problem Before Work Requirements Begin
Montana
Public News Service: Effects of Montana Medicaid Work Rules Rollout Remain Uncertain
Nebraska
Marketplace: Roughly 200 People in Nebraska Lost Medicaid on Aug. 1
Flatwater Free Press: State Generates New Rules — And Anxiety — With Medicaid Work Changes
New Jersey
New Jersey Spotlight: Almost 200,000 More NJ Medicaid Recipients Face Trump Work Rule
New York
Healthbeat New York: New Medicaid Work Rules Put NYC Enrollees and Hospitals at Risk. Here’s Who Will Be Hit the Hardest
Ohio
Columbus Underground: Over 100,000 Medicaid Recipients in Ohio Face an Uncertain Future
Ohio Capital Journal: Ohioans Criticize Ohio Us Rep. Mike Carey for Cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, and Education
Pennsylvania
WESA: With Monumental Medicaid Changes Looming, Pennsylvania Braces for Healthcare Coverage Losses
Tennessee
Daily Memphian: ‘We Don’t Have a Healthcare Problem. What We Have Is a Funding and a Payment Problem.’
Utah
Fox13: Utah’s Medicaid Program May Be Facing a $200 Million Shortfall
Salt Lake Tribune: Editorial Board: Work Requirements for Medicaid Are Cruel, Expensive and Hurt Everyone
Virginia
Annandale Today: Thousands of Virginians Will Lose Medicaid Coverage
WTVR: Around 300,000 Virginians on Medicaid Expansion Could Lose Coverage Under New Federal Work Requirements
West Virginia
WCHS: DoHS: 33,000 W.Va. Medicaid Recipients Not Meeting 80-Hour Work or Volunteer Rule
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Public Radio: Wisconsin Health Providers Worry New Medicaid Work Requirement Hurts Doctor-Patient Relationship
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Opinion: Medicaid Is My Lifeline. New Federal Rule Could Take It Away.