Edwin Park, Professor, details why Medicaid cuts will have outsized impact on rural America.

Medicaid is the health insurance most relied on by non-elderly adults and children in rural areas and small towns, more so than those living in metro areas. Cuts will decimate their health & finances.

Medicaid cuts will affect MAGA voters disproportionately.

In a recent interview on “Politics Done Right,” Dr. Edwin Park, a distinguished health policy expert and professor at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy, laid bare the devastating consequences of proposed federal cuts to Medicaid and related health programs. Park’s research, grounded in meticulous data analysis from the U.S. Census Bureau, underscores a critical and often overlooked reality: rural America disproportionately relies on Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), making these communities particularly vulnerable to policy shifts that threaten these lifelines.

Medicaid, often misconstrued as an urban safety net, plays an essential role in rural areas and small towns. Park’s findings reveal that Medicaid coverage rates for children and non-elderly adults in rural communities exceed those in metropolitan…

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