The reduction in patients who qualify for Medicaid will mean free clinics must fundraise or find other funds to cover costs for care. In addition, some people would lose ACA coverage, causing more people to seek care at free clinics that are already stretched thin.

Many Americans are concerned about the cuts to Medicaid in President Trump’s spending bill. HCC Network CEO Toniann Richard and God’s Love We Deliver President and CEO Terrence Meck join Chris Jansing to discuss the impact the Medicaid cuts would have on their communities.

The massive bill is guided by spending requests from the White House. It will extend the 2017 Trump tax cuts, while cutting billions of dollars in social program funding. It’s been described as the largest cuts to social welfare programs since at least the 1990s, and according to some experts the most severe in modern history.