Proposed Cuts to Medicaid Shortsighted, Editorial Argues
"Any politicians eager to find savings by denying poor people access to Medicaid should recognize that they will be harming the health and financial well-being of highly vulnerable Americans," a New York Times editorial states. While "[e]xpanding Medicaid will increase spending in the short run, ... the nation will benefit from a healthier, more productive population that, in the long run, may have less need for costly medical services," the editorial concludes.
- "The Value of Medicaid" (New York Times, 7/17).