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One Rural Doctor on the Cuts to Medicaid

One Rural Doctor on the Cuts to Medicaid

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When Republicans passed their big domestic policy bill just over
a week ago, they kept making the same argument about sweeping
changes to Medicaid: that the measures, including new work
requirements, would encourage able-bodied adults to earn their
health care, ultimately creating a fairer system for everyone.
Critics said the opposite: they have predicted that millions of
working people who need health care will lose it.

The truth will emerge in rural and often Republican-voting areas
where cuts to Medicaid funding will be felt most deeply. Natalie
Kitroeff spoke to a family doctor in one of those places, western
North Carolina, about what she thinks will happen to her
patients.

Guest: Shannon Dowler, a family physician and health advocate in
western North Carolina.

Background reading:

In North Carolina, President Trump’s domestic policy law
jeopardizes plans to reopen one rural county’s hospital — and
health coverage for hundreds of thousands of state residents.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office predicted that
the Senate’s version of Trump’s bill would mean that 11.8 million
more Americans would become uninsured by 2034.

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