Medicaid Faces Budget Cuts

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Medicaid covers kids, moms and grandmoms. Now it could be on the chopping block.

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About 60% of American adults have either used Medicaid for health care coverage or know a family member or close friend who has used the program.

Nearly half of U.S. children on Medicaid Medicaid covered roughly four in 10 births in 2021 , and nearly half of America 's children receive medical coverage through the program. Rural Americans disproportionately rely on Medicaid .

Many Americans will face the burden of needing to care for an older parent.

About one in five of the estimated 53 million caregivers in the U.S. cares for an adult.

Long term care coverage is among the most at risk Medicaid services if the program receives federal cuts.

Women are more likely to quit work to help care for needy family members than men.

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