A prescription for Medicaid
John Kitzhaber, a former emergency physician, was a three-term Democratic governor of Oregon and author of the Medicaid model discussed in this essay.
As negotiations continue on the budget bill President Donald Trump wants Congress to pass, Medicaid is squarely in the crosshairs. The Congressional Budget Office estimates Medicaid could lose up to $880 billion over the next 10 years, and that millions of low-income Americans would lose their health coverage.
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