Opinion: As a Flint Doctor, I’ve Seen What Mike Rogers’ Medicaid Cuts Really Mean For Our Community

Excerpt: “In a recent interview, Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers said he “firmly supported” the GOP tax law that slashes health care coverage for hundreds of thousands of Michiganders and threatens rural hospital closures throughout Michigan. As a family physician in Flint, I won’t stay silent while he pushes an agenda that dismantles my patients’ health care.

Every week in my practice, I witness Medicaid’s power to transform and save lives. I’ve treated an uninsured woman with a new cancer diagnosis who could only receive life-saving treatment because she qualified for Medicaid. That treatment gave her precious time with her family. Under Rogers’ supported cuts, she might not have had that chance.”

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