Viral Swing: Doctors say new Medicaid rules 'like asking people to work with an anchor on their back'

Monday, 15 January 2018

Doctors say new Medicaid rules 'like asking people to work with an anchor on their back'

As many as 6.3 million people could lose Medicaid benefits as a result of the new change. Dr Gary Leroy’s patients are “salt of the earth”: inner-city people working in Dayton, Ohio as dishwashers, car mechanics and patient care assistants. Although the vast majority have jobs, most qualify for Medicaid, a public health insurance program which serves 74 million poor and disabled Americans.