General Assignment Reporter
U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), left, a member of the Senate Finance Committee, discusses the importance of protecting Medicaid and his new bipartisan bill, the Rural Hospital Support Act, while touring the Brattleboro Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. On the right is Chris Dougherty, BMH president and CEO.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democrats are pushing back against what they see as a disastrous plan to make cuts to Medicaid.
Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt. spoke with other U.S. senators about the issue at a webinar hosted by Protect Our Care on Thursday. Trump's campaign promise to not cut Medicaid provided "false solace" to voters, Welch said.
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