Hundreds of thousands of Washingtonians could stand to lose their health care if the Medicaid cuts pushed through the House are approved in the Senate.
SEATTLE — Gov. Bob Ferguson called the sweeping cuts to Medicaid that passed through the House a “four-alarm fire” at a press conference Thursday morning.
“I want to be crystal clear: It’s dire,” Ferguson said. “Hospitals will close, nursing homes will close, that will impact not just folks who are on Medicaid, but Washingtonians all across our state.”
The bill remains to be voted on in the Senate, which would grant a multitrillion-dollar tax break to billionaires and cut
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