To the editor:
Thanks to Republicans eliminating waste, fraud and abuse of the federal budget, Donald Trump’s big, beautiful tax bill will have ONLY a “limited impact” on health care in Michigan. Medicaid provides health insurance benefits to ONLY about 1 million Michigan children, people with disabilities and poor people. Medicade covers ONLY about one-quarter of Michigan’s population — 2.6 million people. It is estimated that ONLY 700,000 Michiganders could lose health insurance coverage as part of the bill’s planned cuts, according to the Citizens Research Council of Michigan. ONLY about 45% of all pregnancies and childbirths in Michigan are covered by Medicaid and ONLY about 60% of people with nursing home care are covered by the program, according to data from the state health department.
Roger Parkins Suttons Bay
