Love Doesn't Pay The Bills
We Need to Keep Medicaid Strong for care recipients and families: with Guest Nicole Jorwic
Published: 6 March 2025 at 12:15 UTC
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With recent threats to Medicaid funding, we discuss why Medicaid is important to care in the United States, what it is and what cutting funds might mean.
- “More than 72 million people have health insurance through Medicaid – that’s more than one in five Americans. It covers children, senior citizens, people with disabilities, parents and adults without dependents. In addition, more than 7.2 million children are enrolled in the Children’s Health Insurance Program, because their families’ incomes are too high to qualify for Medicaid.
- Medicaid provides health insurance for about two in five children and also covers about 40% of all births, according to KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research group. It also covers more than 60% of nursing home residents and nearly 30% of non-elderly adults with mental illness, as well as about one in three people with disabilities. Plus, it pays for substance abuse treatment.”-CNN
Nicole Jorwic is the Chief of Campaigns and Advocacy at Caring Across Generations. She is a family caregiver, having a brother with significant disabilities, and watched her parents navigate care for her grandparents. These experiences led Nicole to passionately advocate for a better experience for everyone. She is not afraid to share her viewpoints and positions. More information about Nicole and Caring Across Generations is here: https://caringacross.org/about/team/
Learn more about the difference between Medicaid and Medicare here: https://www.hhs.gov/answers/medicare-and-medicaid/what-is-the-difference-between-medicare-
medicaid/index.html
Read the full story quoted from CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/26/politics/medicaid-proposed-cuts-what-matters/index.html
Read about the popularity of Medicaid here: https://www.kff.org/health-costs/poll-finding/kff-health-tracking-poll-public-weighs-health-care-spending-and-other-priorities-for-incoming-administration/
Find out what Medicaid is called in your state: https://www.healthcare.gov/medicaid-chip-program-names/
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