Medicaid — They Cut; We Bleed!

Medicaid — They Cut; We Bleed!

From Medicare for All by Benjamin Day and Gillian Mason - Healthcare-NOW

June 23, 2025 · 48 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of proposed cuts to Medicaid and the importance of advocating against them.

We’re talking about Medicaid folks, the public healthcare system meant to be our social safety net for anyone who can’t afford private insurance and doesn’t have access to healthcare from an employer. I’m sure most of you are aware of Medicaid — but what you might not know is just how many of our friends and neighbors land in that safety net every year. Over 70 Million people in this country rely on the Medicaid program for basic healthcare. That’s 20% of Americans, or one out of every five people you meet. That means that even if you are not on Medicaid, the $880 Billion in cuts to the program proposed by congress will affect you or someone you love, and not in a good way. In fact, just today, researchers at Yale and UPenn released new research stating that the Trump cuts would cause over 51,000 additional Americans to die each year. For this episode, I’m joined by Jaron Benjamin, Deputy Chief of Campaigns from Popular Democracy to break down why we all need to care about stopping the cuts and act NOW, before it’s too late! https://www.youtube.com/live/I4xu6zglswc?si=OmFDD5gezpbwppNq We need YOU to join the fight to save Medicaid! Find out more about what you can do here ! You…

People in this episode

Guest: Jaron Benjamin

Topics covered

  • Medicaid
  • healthcare
  • social safety net
  • government cuts
  • public health

Keywords

  • healthcare system
  • public healthcare
  • Trump cuts
  • Yale research
  • UPenn research

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