“[…] Mike Rogers’ support for Medicaid cuts would endanger health coverage for hundreds of thousands of Michiganders and put rural hospitals at risk of closure.”

LANSING — In case you missed it, Michigan doctors are slamming failed GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers for supporting Medicaid cuts that “endanger health coverage for hundreds of thousands of Michiganders and put rural hospitals at risk of closure,” and lead to “catastrophically expensive” cost increases for Michigan families and the state’s health system.

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Michigan Advance: Michigan Democrats continue attack on Mike Rogers’ Medicaid stance, warn of rural hospital closures

• Michigan Democrats joined with health care professionals this week to warn that Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers’ support for Medicaid cuts would endanger health coverage for hundreds of thousands of Michiganders and put rural hospitals at risk of closure.
• […] Health professionals echoed Democrats’ concerns about Rogers’ position, pointing to the potential for increased costs and reduced access to care.
• “Mike Rogers’ support for these Medicaid cuts is a moral failure,” said Dr. Aisha Harris, a family physician in Flint and founder of Harris Family Health. “As physicians, we took an oath to ‘do no harm.’ Mike Rogers’ policies violate that fundamental principle.”
• Dr. Warren Lanphear, an emergency physician in Grand Rapids and past president of the Michigan College of Emergency Physicians, warned that Medicaid cuts would burden working families and benefit the wealthy.
• “Mike Rogers’ reckless agenda will drive up costs for Michigan families while padding the pockets of millionaires like himself,” Lanphear said. “Our patients and our communities can’t afford Mike Rogers’ Medicaid cuts.”
• According to the Michigan Democratic Party, Rogers’ support for the Republican tax and spending law known as the One Big Beautiful Bill, includes $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid, potentially slashing health care coverage for hundreds of thousands across the state. The party also cited projections of a 15% increase in health care premiums and nearly $1 billion in lost revenue for Michigan hospitals if the policy were enacted.

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• The Michigan Democratic Party […] zoomed in on second-time Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers.
• Lanphear described OBBBA’s reforms as a “catastrophic” and “catastrophically expensive” shift from preventive care practices to emergency care. 
• “Here’s what happens when people lose Medicaid coverage – they won’t stop getting sick, but they do stop getting preventive care. Instead of managing their diabetes with regular checkups and medications, they end up in emergency rooms,” Lanphear said. “Instead of controlling their blood pressure with routine monitoring, they arrive by ambulance with strokes and heart attacks.”

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