Dr. Mehmet Oz, a top health official in the Trump Administration, recently said that Medicaid recipients at risk of losing care through the budget being considered right now by the Senate should “prove that you matter” to keep their health care. These comments are immoral, unjust, and outright disgusting, just like the Republican scheme to take Medicaid away from nearly 11 million Americans.
For me, the fight to protect Medicaid is personal. I am the single mother to a son with disabilities who relies on Medicaid to treat his Type 1 diabetes, meaning I know firsthand how essential Medicaid is. Despite working hard and paying taxes, if I had to pay for his care out of pocket it would bankrupt our family. As a single mother, Medicaid and SNAP have been stepping stones that have changed the trajectory of our family’s lives. I won’t let people like Dr. Oz, Senator David McCormick, and Representative Brian Fitzpatrick take them away.
The above excerpt was originally published in Bucks County Beacon.
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