Congressman Chris Deluzio (D-Allegheny) warns that the Republican Party’s Medicaid cuts will harm rural Pennsylvania and force hospitals, nursing homes, and senior centers to close in order to pay for President Donald Trump’s tax cuts.
US House Republicans passed a budget bill on Thursday that cuts Medicaid by $698 billion, with all of Pennsylvania’s nine congressional republicans voting in favor of the bill.
Medicaid provides 2 million Pennsylvania adults and 1.4 million children with health insurance, and it covers 34% of all births in the state. It also helps 400,000 seniors cover nursing home or home care costs.
✏️ /📹 : Sean Kitchen
