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I was pleased to read that Sen. Susan Collins opposes the cuts to Medicaid in the “big, beautiful” budget reconciliation bill that was passed in the U.S. House of Representatives. I hope she will remain steadfast in her opposition while it is debated in the Senate. She clearly understands well the devastating effects the cuts would have on patients and on care providers, especially rural hospitals.

I don’t think it is widely appreciated that loss of insurance, in addition to being financially ruinous, can cost lives. A letter in The Lancet, a highly regarded medical journal, showed that with the cuts to Medicaid, potential excess deaths could reach 14,660 over

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