Here’s how the proposed deep cuts to Medicaid would affect N.J.
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GetCoveredNJ.gov is the website for people shopping for health insurance. Thousands of New Jerseyans, however, would no longer be eligible for coverage under changes proposed by a Congressional panel meeting Tuesday in Washington D.C.
The bitter debate over the future of Medicaid — which serves 80 million citizens in the nation including 1.8 million from New Jersey — finally takes center stage on Tuesday, when a congressional panel will discuss changes that would eliminate at least 8.6 million people from the program.
Congressional Republicans passed a resolution in February that required the House Energy and Commerce Committee to find deep savings from Medicaid to help pay for the income tax cuts President Donald Trump enacted during his first term that largely favor wealthy people.
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