Last Friday I was joined by U.S. Reps. Chris Deluzio and Summer Lee, other state lawmakers, and Allegheny County officials to discuss how proposed changes to Medicaid at the federal level, if enacted, could decimate services across the board and lead to a health care crisis in Pennsylvania and beyond. More than 50 people braved the cold on a windy morning to show their support for this critical issue. An excerpt from the press conference can be viewed here.

Congressional House Republicans last week narrowly advanced the Trump administration’s plan to cut federal spending by some $2 trillion, which could lead to more than $800 billion in cuts to Medicaid over the next decade.

Medicaid is an essential, life-sustaining program and helps millions of low-income people -- supporting disability and mental health services, providing nursing home care, covering Medicare costs, and much more. It helps Democrats, Republicans, and Independents alike, and promises must be kept.

Medicaid covers approximately 3 million Pennsylvanians in every county in the state, including some 246,877 in Allegheny County.

To be clear, the state does not have the financial resources to backfill federal cuts to Medicaid. There is no doubt that dollars that have been misappropriated need to be redeployed, but simply eliminating federal support in this regard risks a humanitarian crisis. The thousands of Pennsylvanians languishing on waiting lists for help deserve better than having the rug pulled out from underneath them.

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