{"id":1853,"date":"2025-05-21T09:39:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T13:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/cavanagh\/?p=1853"},"modified":"2025-05-21T09:39:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T13:39:43","slug":"protect-medicaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.senatedems.com\/cavanagh\/2025\/05\/21\/protect-medicaid\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. 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(May 21, 2025) \u2014 Sen. <b>Mary<\/b> <b>Cavanagh <\/b>(D-Redford Twp.)<b> <\/b>has issued the following statement after Michigan Senate Democrats adopted <span><u><a class=\"x_Hyperlink x_SCXW226096021 x_BCX0 x_OWAAutoLink\" id=\"OWA0ad206ee-d3e8-7800-060b-8ae8bc091c44\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legislature.mi.gov\/Bills\/Bill?ObjectName=2025-SR-0050\" title=\"https:\/\/www.legislature.mi.gov\/Bills\/Bill?ObjectName=2025-SR-0050\" data-linkindex=\"1\">Senate Resolution 50<\/a><\/u><\/span> yesterday, which urges the President and U.S. Congress to fully fund Medicaid and reject any proposal that would strip health care access to those in need:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an elected official, I\u2019ll do everything in my power to protect my constituents \u2014 and today, I took a stand to safeguard access to health care here in our community and state by calling on Republicans in Washington to reject any proposal that guts funding for Medicaid. Their dangerous, reckless proposal would not only devastate our economy and the health of folks across our state \u2014 their proposal is quite literally a matter of <i>life or death<\/i> for so many vulnerable families and communities all over our nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI proudly cosponsored this resolution to demonstrate to the hardworking people of my district that I am in their corner, and I will not stop fighting to defend access to this critical lifeline that serves over 2.6 million Michiganders. We will <i>not <\/i>leave any of our neighbors behind in this fight for essential health care.\u201d\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\">###\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANSING, Mich. 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