GOP budget plan slashes Medicaid
To the Editor:
I asked Rep. Chuck Edwards about the massive changes made in our names by Elon Musk and others to reduce the size of government and he assured me that “Social Security will not be touched.” How can that be?
Now, Edwards is proposing a budget that reduces Medicaid by almost $900 billion. That’s what pays for nursing homes. We’ll have to stretch our Social Security to pay for medical care. Medicare and Medicaid payments keep hospitals and doctors present and available here in Western North Carolina. I can’t think of a better way to reduce access to care here. We know how hard, inconvenient and expensive health care is already. We’re rural. We’ll lose.
Charlotte Collins
Sapphire