By skyforbes 
“Healthcare may not be well organized, but it is interconnected.”
The Republican House proposal to remove $880 billion from Medicaid funding during the next 10 years establishes major issues for healthcare beneficiaries along with economic conditions for the entire healthcare system. The financial stability of healthcare facilities alongside provider locations depends heavily on Medicaid which goes beyond being a poor persons safety measure. The budgetary reductions to Medicaid will impact people outside of loss of coverage as they create societal-wide financial consequences which endanger public health and erode both economic safety and medical service efficiency.
Medicaid as a Pillar of Healthcare
Through Medicaid and its partner program CHIP, basic health care supports approximately one-quarter of Americans such as poor families, pregnant women, elderly citizens and disabled persons. The absence of Medicaid would cut off medical assistance from basic healthcare services and prescription drugs as well as long-term support services for millions of people (Estep et al.).
The House budget resolution proposed before Congress instructs the House Energy and Commerce Committee to reach $880 billion in savings by 2034. The…