\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTwo Pennsylvania lawmakers announced plans to address Medicaid cuts they say could strip health care coverage from 300,000 residents and create broader challenges for the state\u2019s health care system. State Rep. Anthony Bellmon and U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle, both Democrats from Philadelphia, said the cuts, part of the Trump administration\u2019s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill,” are set to begin in October, with the largest reductions taking effect by the end of the year.Broader impact on the health care systemThe lawmakers said the cuts would not only impact Medicaid recipients but could also lead to hospital closures in rural areas, higher health care premiums, and longer wait times at emergency departments.Lawmakers outline response\u201cThis is a five-alarm fire. Hundreds of thousands of people in Pennsylvania, millions nationwide, are about to lose their health care. Six months will go by like that. The time to act is now,\u201d Boyle said. \u201cIt\u2019s about making sure that people don\u2019t lose coverage simply because of confusion, bureaucracy, or a lack of information. Here in Pennsylvania, my Democratic colleagues and I are committed to protecting health care. We will do everything in our power to protect those who are the most vulnerable in this Commonwealth, because health care is not a privilege. It is a basic human right,\u201d Bellmon said. Boyle said he plans to introduce legislation next week to immediately freeze the Medicaid cuts.Bellmon is introducing a resolution urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to provide additional guidance to states regarding the cuts.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Two Pennsylvania lawmakers announced plans to address Medicaid cuts they say could strip health care coverage from 300,000 residents and create broader challenges for the state\u2019s health care system. <\/p>\n
State Rep. Anthony Bellmon and U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle, both Democrats from Philadelphia, said the cuts, part of the Trump administration\u2019s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill,” are set to begin in October, with the largest reductions taking effect by the end of the year.<\/p>\n
Broader impact on the health care system<\/p>\n
The lawmakers said the cuts would not only impact Medicaid recipients but could also lead to hospital closures in rural areas, higher health care premiums, and longer wait times at emergency departments.<\/p>\n
Lawmakers outline response<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a five-alarm fire. Hundreds of thousands of people in Pennsylvania, millions nationwide, are about to lose their health care. Six months will go by like that. The time to act is now,\u201d Boyle said. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s about making sure that people don\u2019t lose coverage simply because of confusion, bureaucracy, or a lack of information. Here in Pennsylvania, my Democratic colleagues and I are committed to protecting health care. We will do everything in our power to protect those who are the most vulnerable in this Commonwealth, because health care is not a privilege. It is a basic human right,\u201d Bellmon said. <\/p>\n
Boyle said he plans to introduce legislation next week to immediately freeze the Medicaid cuts.<\/p>\n
Bellmon is introducing a resolution urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to provide additional guidance to states regarding the cuts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two Pennsylvania lawmakers announced plans to address Medicaid cuts they say could strip health care coverage from 300,000…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[82533,71172,82534,82525,82463,23375,15886,82535,82532,19611,82531,82526,28,30,9318,29,523,69,82527,82536,85,82528,7213,526,723,82529,82530],"class_list":["post-184829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-bellmon","tag-big-beautiful-bill","tag-boyle","tag-centers-for-medicare-and-medicaid-services","tag-democratic-lawmaker","tag-democratic-lawmakers","tag-emergency-department","tag-five-alarm-fire","tag-health-care-coverage","tag-hundred","tag-medicaid-cut","tag-medicaid-cuts","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-lawmaker","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-people","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-lawmakers","tag-responsethis","tag-state","tag-state-rep-anthony-bellmon","tag-thousand","tag-time","tag-trump-administration","tag-two-pennsylvania-lawmakers","tag-u-s-rep-brendan-boyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}