Congress is targeting Medicaid with deep cuts — and Arizona patients will pay the price

As a family physician in Arizona, I’ve spent more than two decades providing reproductive health care to people who need it most. I’ve seen how life-changing it is when someone can finally afford the birth control they need, get tested for an STI without fear of a surprise bill or receive prenatal care that helps them have a safe and healthy pregnancy.

That’s why I’m so deeply alarmed by the budget resolution passed by congressional Republicans calling for at least $880 billion in budget cuts that directly target Medicaid. Make no mistake: this is an attack on the reproductive health care safety net millions of Americans rely on to survive. We should be strengthening Medicaid and making it work better, not threatening to take it away.