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Andrews Blames Medicaid Cuts for SC Measles Crisis

7/15/2026

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Dr. Andrews linked the 2025 South Carolina measles outbreak of nearly 1,000 cases to federal Medicaid cuts and shrinking rural health services.
She noted that South Carolina has not expanded Medicaid, leaving 15 counties without an OB-GYN and endangering hospitals.
She warned that qualified health centers have already closed, further limiting residents’ health-care access.
She pledged to lower prescription-drug prices, ban ownership of health-care facilities, and pursue impeachment of RFK Jr.

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Dr. Andrews linked the 2025 South Carolina measles outbreak of nearly 1,000 cases to federal Medicaid cuts and shrinking rural health services.
She noted that South Carolina has not expanded Medicaid, leaving 15 counties without an OB-GYN and endangering hospitals.
She warned that qualified health centers have already closed, further limiting residents’ health-care access.
She pledged to lower prescription-drug prices, ban ownership of health-care facilities, and pursue impeachment of RFK Jr.