Illinois’ Pritzker Warns of ‘Devastating’ Effects If Trump Cuts Medicaid
- Governor and Illinois Democrats warn of loss of care, closures
- Medicaid covers 3.4 million in Illinois, 25% of its residents
J.B. Pritzker
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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker on Friday warned that neither his state nor others across the country could make up for the potential loss of billions of dollars if President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans slash Medicaid funding.
“If Medicaid is cut, no state in the country has the money to backfill the billions of dollars in funding. It will be gone and the consequences will be devastating,” Pritzker said during an event at a University of Illinois health center in Chicago on Friday. “There is not enough that the state can do to make up for the damage.”