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Home » Press Releases » Disability Rights Wisconsin: Congressional action on Medicaid threatens Wisconsinites with disabilities
Yesterday, the Energy & Commerce Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill which would cut $715 billion in Medicaid funding over 10 years and would result in 13.7 million people losing health care coverage. Despite stated intent to protect people with disabilities from funding cuts and changes to Medicaid, Wisconsinites with disabilities would not be shielded from the impact...