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More than 2.6 million Michigan residents currently rely on Medicaid as health leaders voice concern over federal spending cuts.
Several Planned Parenthood locations posted notices alerting patients Medicaid coverage would no longer be accepted.
In late June, hundreds of people gathered in the shadow of the Capitol in Lansing for a Protect MI Care vigil to show the importance of Medicaid and the lives of the 2.6 million Michiganders who rely on it.
Medicaid is the state's largest health insurer, covering a quarter of Michigan residents. Reform supporters say the changes will eliminate loopholes.
We see this budget for what it is, an extremist road map that takes away what people rely on to survive,” U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost said at a news conference at the Pan American Behavioral Health
Medicaid cuts in Trump’s tax bill will ‘devastate’ access to care in rural Pennsylvania, critics say
State officials estimate 310,000 Pennsylvanians will lose Medicaid coverage and anticipate strain at health facilities caused by federal budget cuts.
The Corewell Health CEO sent out an internal memo this week warning staff to prepare for impacts to not only patients but also employees due to Medicaid cuts.
Exactly how cuts to public assistance programs in President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” will affect Minnesota is yet to be seen, though by one estimate, up to a quarter-million people in the state could lose Medicaid coverage over the next decade.