1 May 2025, 22:48 | Updated: 1 May 2025, 23:31

By Dr Pat Spearman

We’ve heard about several Executive Orders, downsizing government departments, initiatives, cuts, and other changes taking place under the second Trump administration. However, discussions, related to the impending cuts to Medicaid, have not received the same amount of scrutiny.

I could give a litany of statistics, percentages, etc., but I want to make sure we don’t lose sight of the personal pain that will be unleashed IF these cuts become reality; Behind the numbers are REAL PEOPLE that use Medicaid as a safety net for their medical care.

In most developed countries, people have some form of universal health care. That is not the case in the U.S. According to data released in November of 2024 almost 79 million people were enrolled in Medicaid. Of that number more than 37 million (47%) were children (Medicaid.gov). If the administration goes through with their plan to cut funding to state Medicaid programs, people in every........

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