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Senator Gallego Warns: $880B Medicaid Cuts Endanger Families

3/2/2025

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Gallego Alerts Medicaid Cuts

Senator Ruben Gallego of Arizona sounds the alarm over proposed $880 billion cuts to Medicaid, which threaten to plunge low-income families and disabled individuals into crisis. Community leaders foresee a surge in medical debt, homelessness, and hospital closures, all to finance tax breaks for the wealthy. The stakes are high for healthcare access and state budgets across the nation.

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Jeffries Warns Medicaid Cuts

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has raised alarm over a new budget resolution, labeling it as the catalyst for unprecedented Medicaid cuts that could devastate vulnerable populations, including children and seniors. He cautioned that this could lead to hospital and nursing home closures, while Republicans consider alterations to Medicaid funding that may result in a staggering $612 billion shortfall for states in the coming decade.

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Gallego Alerts Medicaid Cuts

Senator Ruben Gallego of Arizona sounds the alarm over proposed $880 billion cuts to Medicaid, which threaten to plunge low-income families and disabled individuals into crisis. Community leaders foresee a surge in medical debt, homelessness, and hospital closures, all to finance tax breaks for the wealthy. The stakes are high for healthcare access and state budgets across the nation.

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