Warren, Markey, Healey warn of Medicaid cuts
BOSTON (WWLP) – Massachusetts' top leadership on the state and federal levels came together to denounce Medicaid cuts and call for action.
Following the passage of President Trump's so-called 'big, beautiful bill' in the U.S. House, which guts Medicaid funding, Governor Healey and Senators Warren and Markey had a message for Massachusetts residents: if these cuts go forward, people will die.
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Medicaid cuts would result in the loss of healthcare coverage for a quarter of a million Massachusetts residents, including one-third of all babies and their mothers, and two-thirds of seniors living in nursing homes. Senator Warren says this bill marks the largest transfer of wealth from poor Americans to rich Americans in history.
'These guys are actually out there making history by taking away from hardworking families, from people down on their luck, from seniors, from little babies,' Warren said.
Governor Healey called on Bay Staters to speak out against this bill.
'People have got to understand what's going on so that they can get out and advocate, advocate to Congress, advocate to the Trump administration,' Healey said.
Senator Ed Markey said members of Congress will also do their part in discouraging support for this bill by ensuring political consequences for the bill's supporters.
'We're not going to back down, and I think ultimately Republicans are going to see that they're going to proceed at their own political peril,' Markey said.
The so-called 'big, beautiful bill' still needs to pass the Republican-led U.S. Senate, and it is not yet clear what, if any, changes will be made to the plan.
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