In what would be a brutal, not “beautiful,” budget bill, Republicans in Washington are plotting to make massive cuts to Medicaid coverage through budget reconciliation so they can give tax breaks to the rich. Covering almost 72 million Americans, Medicaid, America’s largest health insurance program, is so integral to health care finance and delivery that the GOP’s threatened cuts would prompt a deadly domino effect, leading to inferior, more expensive health care — and, therefore, worse health — for virtually all Americans, including those with insurance provided by their employers. The impact wouldn’t just be felt by individuals, but it would also be felt by state governments and by hospitals and health workers.

Read the full op-ed, authored by POCIL leaders from Health and Medicine Policy Research Group and Legal Council for Health Justice, here: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/medicaid-cuts-republicans-trump-rcna203010