LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A physician at UofL Health says proposed federal cuts to Medicaid could hurt Kentucky's hospitals and their patients.

According to Dr. Edward Miller, a Louisville obstetrician working with high-risk pregnant women, projected changes from a federal budget bill supported by President Donald Trump will only make an already sick Kentucky sicker.

"They would likely have less access to regular, routine prenatal care," he told WHAS11 on Thursday. "They would seek care later. They would have an increased risk of preterm birth, preterm delivery and suboptimal outcomes."

Miller says many Kentucky women could be left with an "impossible decision."

"They have to choose, do they feed their baby or do they take their insulin? It's a choice that they shouldn't have to make," he s

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