WASHINGTON — Medical personnel and advocates for the poor are warning Washington, D.C., officials that their proposals to reduce the budget for health care programs mean some people will die and others go without needed treatment.
They urged D.C. Council members at a hearing this week to restore benefits for more than 2,000 residents cut from the local insurance plan called the Health Care Alliance Program.
Thousands more are expected to lose coverage next year as the city revises Medicaid policies to save money…