Doug Peterson, local Michigan resident, discusses universal healthcare and urges people to come out to the streets to rally and show their dissatisfaction with the current Medicaid plans.
For Sarah Abend, Medicaid isn’t a policy debate. It’s about a “moral obligation” to ensure everyone has access to health care—including teachers, artists, and service workers.
Dawn Calnen, the executive director of the Arc of Oakland County, says Republican-led cuts to Medicaid could force people with disabilities out of their communities and back into institutions.
State Rep. Carrie Rheingans says Republicans in Congress are pushing for cuts to Medicaid that “no one voted for”—cuts that would close rural hospitals and nursing homes.
A divided Supreme Court on Friday ruled that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, but the decision left unclear the fate of President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship.
A Michigan physician warns of the wide-reaching impacts of cuts to Medicaid.
A pair of Michigan Senate committees this week released a new, eight-page report that paints an alarming picture of what President Donald Trump’s proposed Medicaid cuts would mean for Michiganders—including the closure of hospitals and clinics, thousands of workers being laid off from their jobs, and 500,000 Michiganders losing their health care coverage.
Rachel Chapin of Fenton says that cutting Medicaid will push hospitals and staff across the state to their breaking point.
As Congress considers slashing SNAP by up to $319 billion, community-driven markets and food programs are stepping up to fight food insecurity—and support local entrepreneurs.
State officials from around the Great Lakes explain how Medicaid cuts will impact ‘Ganders—and the state’s economy.
