Sixty-one years ago this week, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicaid into law with a straightforward promise: no American should be abandoned at the moment they are most vulnerable.

This 61st anniversary of Medicaid arrives at an inflection point for the program: millions of eligible Americans risk losing coverage. The best way to mark this anniversary is to protect the program’s purpose.

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Medicaid is often described as coverage for “the poor.” In reality, Medicaid is an indispensable pillar of the American healthcare system, covering roughly 1 in 5 Americans — including children, pregnant women, seniors, and people with disabilities.

Medicaid supports families when illness or age outrun their resources. It is the single largest source of health coverage in the country. The program pays for about 40% of all births in the United........

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