Billions in Medicaid Cuts Could Spell Trouble for the Labor Market – Barron’s
“Many of the biggest employers nationwide are healthcare centers and hospital systems. Stripping away Medicaid funding that is essential to many of those providers will do ‘tremendous harm,’ particularly in the South and in rural communities, said Mia Ives-Rublee, senior director of the disability justice initiative at the Center for American Progress. She expects these budget reductions to not only reduce employment, but also lead to more emergency department visits, driving up overall healthcare costs.”
Medicaid Cuts Will Make Older People Sicker – Scientific American
“One of our more troubling findings was that people who lost Medicaid coverage at age 65 were 14% more likely to die within the next 10 years than were those who kept their coverage in addition to gaining Medicare coverage. This was true even though the people who lost their Medicaid access tended to start out in better health.”