May 12, 2025 Guest Column Bill Wypyski CEO, Center for Family Health In reviewing the US House of Representatives’ proposal to cut hundreds of billions from Medicaid, we are concerned about the Center for Family Health and the patients who get their health insurance through Medicaid coverage. Medicaid helps to keep people healthy, working, and living in their homes. Medicaid covers about half of children, 4 in 10 pregnant women, many people with disabilities, nearly all poor seniors age 65 and older, and other low-income adults, helping them get the health care they need. Our health center and its patients depend on Medicaid to finance needed health services. Among our patients, over 50% percent get their health insurance through Medicaid. Medicaid accounts for over 60% percent of our community health center revenues. Medicaid plays a significant role in the local and state economies by sustaining our community health centers, keeping rural hospitals open, supporting job growth, and saving taxpayer dollars by avoiding unnecessary health costs. Polls show the program is valued, and most voters do not want deep cuts in Medicaid. Yet Congress has proposed ways to cut Medicaid, such as reducing federal Medicaid matching dollars, limiting provider tax revenues,…