{"id":1499,"date":"2025-04-29T19:06:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T19:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.protectourcareil.org\/?p=1499"},"modified":"2025-04-29T19:06:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T19:06:14","slug":"even-if-you-dont-depend-on-medicaid-youll-likely-be-hurt-if-republicans-cut-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.protectourcareil.org\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/even-if-you-dont-depend-on-medicaid-youll-likely-be-hurt-if-republicans-cut-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Even if you don\u2019t depend on Medicaid, you\u2019ll likely be hurt if Republicans cut it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In what would be a brutal, not \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/way-too-early\/watch\/congress-returns-with-end-of-may-deadline-to-pass-trump-s-one-big-beautiful-bill-238454853546\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beautiful<\/a>,\u201d 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.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicaid.gov\/medicaid\/program-information\/medicaid-and-chip-enrollment-data\/report-highlights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Covering almost 72 million Americans<\/a>, Medicaid, America\u2019s largest health insurance program, is so integral to health care finance and delivery that the GOP\u2019s threatened cuts would prompt a deadly domino effect, leading to inferior, more expensive health care \u2014 and, therefore, worse health \u2014 for virtually all Americans, including those with insurance provided by their employers. 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