‘Burden on our local systems’: Congressmen warn of health care impacts of Medicaid cuts

Two congressmen representing districts in the North Bay gave a preview last week of how potential Medicaid cuts could impact local health care systems and residents.

U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, and Jared Huffman, D-San Rafael, spoke at a health clinic in Santa Rosa, calling on their colleagues to reject slashing Medicaid or Medicare as part of massive spending reductions proposed in the recently passed federal budget draft.