Dr. LaKeshia N. Myers

By LaKeshia N. Myers

As federal workers miss their paychecks and families wonder how they’ll feed their children this week, we must ask ourselves: How did we arrive at this moment? The government shutdown—now in its third week—centers on a dispute that should shame us all. While lawmakers bicker over healthcare subsidies in Washington, D.C., millions of Americans face an impossible choice between medical care and putting food on the table.

The crisis we face today didn’t appear overnight. It was accelerated with the passage of Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” this past July, a piece of legislation that historians may one day record as the largest rollback of healthcare support in American history. The bill slashed over $1 trillion from health programs, threa

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