As an FIU med student, I know the catastrophic toll Medicaid cuts will have in Florida | Opinion

Imagine one in every five people you pass on the street — whether it’s your neighbor, your barista, a family member or a colleague — suddenly losing access to essential healthcare.

That’s the threat looming over millions of Americans as Medicaid lands on Congress’s chopping block. The U.S. House has proposed cutting $880 billion from Medicaid over the next decade — about $88 billion per year — as part of a budget reconciliation package.

For Florida, that translates into a staggering $4 billion recurring reduction in federal Medicaid funding…

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